Caning for Corruptors on Hold
IN Aceh, lashings are given for almost all transgressions by the general public. The unemployed who like to play dominoes, if unlucky enough to be caught gambling, can end up getting the cane. Public lashings also go to couples caught in the act.
It is, however, a different story for perpetrators of severe crimes such as corruption. Since the Islamic sharia law came into effect in Aceh, not a single provincial regulation, or qanun, required corruptors to be caned. The backs of people abusing state funds seem to be spared from caning.
December 22, 2015
IN Aceh, lashings are given for almost all transgressions by the general public. The unemployed who like to play dominoes, if unlucky enough to be caught gambling, can end up getting the cane. Public lashings also go to couples caught in the act.
It is, however, a different story for perpetrators of severe crimes such as corruption. Since the Islamic sharia law came into effect in Aceh, not a single provincial regulation, or qanun, required corr
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