Two men in the conservative islamic town of Aceh, Indonesia are facing public caning after being outed by their neighbours in a boarding house for having same sex intercourse with each other. Reports indicate that the 27 and 28 year olds were caught by their neighbours and dobbed in for having prohibited same sex intercourse.
In the eyes of Aceh and their law prohibiting same sex intercourse they are now facing if found guilty 100 lashes by cane in public.
Safriadi, the head of the Aceh province’s Islamic Police Force, told CNN the owner asked the residents to conduct the raid, which occurred on November 12.The mob of men reportedly caught the pair together and dragged them outside before notifying police.Safriadi said the men later.
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