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Four men flogged in Indonesia for online gambling

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Four men were flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Thursday for engaging in online gambling, local officials said, the first public lashing of the year under the region’s strict Islamic law. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

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Men caught online gambling wince in pain as they're publicly flogged

The four men were publicly flogged in public in front of a crowd of dozens after they were caught allegedly gambling online which is punishable under Islamic law in Aceh, Indonesia

24 days ago·London, United Kingdom

Four men flogged in Indonesia for online gambling

Four flogged in Aceh for online gambling in first public caning of 2025

BANDA ACEH, Jan 30 — Four men were flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Thursday for engaging in online gambling, local officials said, the first public lashing of the year under the region’s strict Islamic law. Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, is the only province in the Muslim-majority nation where offences such as gambling, adultery, and alcohol consumption are punishable by public caning. In front of dozens of peo…

25 days ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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