Friday, March 09, 2012

5 Gamblers Caned in Indonesia's Aceh Province

MERCURY NEWS: LANGSA, Indonesia—Five Acehnese men convicted of gambling have been caned in public in the devout Islamic Indonesian province of Aceh.

They were flogged six times each Friday in front of hundreds of people at a field in East Aceh's district capital of Langsa. » | The Associated Press | Friday, March 09, 2012