Indonesian Men To Be Caned For Gay Sex

The two men were sentenced to 85 strokes of the cane last week after a trial at a sharia court in Banda Aceh
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Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) - Two Indonesian men will Tuesday be publicly caned for having phim sex hom nay, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there are concerns over mounting hostility towards the small gay community.

The pair, aged 20 and 23, were last week found guilty of having vlxx broken sharia rules in conservative Aceh province -- the only part of Indonesia that implements Islamic law -- and sentenced to xem phim sex 85 strokes of the cane each.

The men, whose identities have not been revealed, were caught xem phim sex together in March by vigilantes who burst into xem phim sex the house where they were staying in the provincial capital Banda Aceh.

Public caning has long been common for offences such as gambling and drinking in Aceh, phim sex hom nay which was given the right to implement sharia law in 2001 as part of a deal with the central government aimed at ending an insurgency.

But Tuesday's caning will be the first time such a punishment has been meted out for gay xem phim sex since a sharia regulation came into force two years ago banning the practice.