MAIL ONLINE: An engaged Muslim couple who tried to have sex in a car have been sentenced to be caned by a Sharia court in Malaysia.
Islamic religious police caught Mohamad Shahrin Abdul Majid, 29, and Nadiah Najat Hussin, 24, wearing only their underwear in a car at an office parking area in May.
They pleaded guilty to trying to have sex out of wedlock and were sentenced to six strokes of the cane. They were also fined £1,000 each.
The couple, who plan to marry soon, are appealing against the caning but they have paid the fines.
The maximum sentence for the offence under Islamic law is three years in jail. >>> | Friday, September 18, 2009
