3 women flogged publicly for having premarital sex

                                                         
Three women were publicly flogged  in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for having premarital sex.

The women were earlier arrested for having unmarried sex.

They were joined by 14 men arrested for sexual offences and gambling and were caned in front of a mosque following Friday prayer.

Gay sex, gambling and drinking alcohol are already punishable by caning in Aceh which began implementing Sharia law after being granted special autonomy in 2001.

This was done in an effort by the central government in Jakarta to quell a long-running separatist insurgency.