Nasir, 42, can still remember the feel of the rattan cane on his back. He is not bitter but

but the event of five years ago has left him in profound shame. Nasir received 20 strokes of the cane for punching his son's classmate.

Nasir is a resident of Padang village in the Gantarang subdistrict of Bulukumba in South Sulawesi. Punishment by caning is still to its residents who are found guilty of committing crimes and immoral acts. "I still feel ash