A Sharia High Court has sentenced a man and a woman to caning for drinking beer.
Malaysians Mohamad Nasir Mohamad, a 38-year-old father of four, and 22-year-old waitress Noorazah Baharuddin, were each discovered last year consuming beer in Pahang bars.
Part-time model Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old resident of Singapore, faces similar accusations, according to the New Straits Times.
Pahang's Sharia High Court fined Mohamad and Baharuddin each $1,400 and ordered that they be publicly whipped for their crimes.
"The caning is to shame them and should be done at any of the prisons in the country," judge Abdul Rahman Yunus told the Times.
The punishment is intended to deter others from consuming alcohol, he said. The judge also sentenced two Muslim brothers to six cane strokes in 2005 after they drank alcohol. The brothers are still appealing his decision. Read more ...
Malaysians Mohamad Nasir Mohamad, a 38-year-old father of four, and 22-year-old waitress Noorazah Baharuddin, were each discovered last year consuming beer in Pahang bars.
Part-time model Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old resident of Singapore, faces similar accusations, according to the New Straits Times.
Pahang's Sharia High Court fined Mohamad and Baharuddin each $1,400 and ordered that they be publicly whipped for their crimes.
"The caning is to shame them and should be done at any of the prisons in the country," judge Abdul Rahman Yunus told the Times.
The punishment is intended to deter others from consuming alcohol, he said. The judge also sentenced two Muslim brothers to six cane strokes in 2005 after they drank alcohol. The brothers are still appealing his decision. Read more ...
Source: WND
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