Amorous couples, sex workers whipped in in Indonesia

A man is publicly flogged in front of a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh on April 20, 2018. The amorous couples and sex workers were publicly whipped for breaking Islamic law in just a week after it pledged to take the widely condemned practice indoors. [Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP]

A group of amorous couples and alleged sex workers were publicly whipped for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh Friday, just a week after the province pledged to move the widely condemned practice indoors.

More than a thousand people, including dozens of tourists from neighbouring Malaysia, jeered and screamed abuse at the group as they were flogged outside a mosque in the capital Banda Aceh.