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Jan 23, 2010
Just do it
Malaysian woman caught for drinking beer has lost her job and husband since case began
<!-- by line --> By Elizabeth Looi, Malaysia Correspondent
<!--background story, collapse if none--> LIFE IN SHAMBLES
'My life is almost destroyed, and I just want to start all over again. I wish to go to Mecca to perform my umrah (pilgrimage), and go back to modelling as I am into Islamic fashion.'
Ms Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno
BROKEN MARRIAGE
'I still love him, but it will be difficult for me to accept him back now because I haven't been kind to him.'
Ms Kartika, on her Singaporean husband of 13 years. They are now divorced
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Ms Kartika, seen here in a photo last year, said she just wants her punishment to be carried out so she can move on with her life. She is now writing a book about her experiences and plans to publish it someday. -- PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
<!-- story content : start --> KUALA LUMPUR - THE former model set to be caned for drinking a beer has lost her job and her husband. Now, she just wants to take her punishment and move on. 'My life is almost destroyed, and I just want to start all over again,' Ms Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, told The Straits Times.'I wish to go to Mecca to perform my umrah (pilgrimage), and go back to modelling as I am into Islamic fashion.'The Malaysian from Perak made international headlines when she was ordered to be caned six times and fined RM5,000 (S$2,060) in July last year for drinking alcohol in public. She would be the first woman caned in Malaysia under Islamic law. The punishment is enforced only in Pahang, Kelantan and Perlis. Civil law does not allow caning for women. The Pahang Syariah High Court abruptly postponed her caning in August until after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Home > Breaking News > SE Asia > Story
Jan 23, 2010
Just do it
Malaysian woman caught for drinking beer has lost her job and husband since case began
<!-- by line --> By Elizabeth Looi, Malaysia Correspondent
<!--background story, collapse if none--> LIFE IN SHAMBLES
'My life is almost destroyed, and I just want to start all over again. I wish to go to Mecca to perform my umrah (pilgrimage), and go back to modelling as I am into Islamic fashion.'
Ms Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno
BROKEN MARRIAGE
'I still love him, but it will be difficult for me to accept him back now because I haven't been kind to him.'
Ms Kartika, on her Singaporean husband of 13 years. They are now divorced
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Ms Kartika, seen here in a photo last year, said she just wants her punishment to be carried out so she can move on with her life. She is now writing a book about her experiences and plans to publish it someday. -- PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
<!-- story content : start --> KUALA LUMPUR - THE former model set to be caned for drinking a beer has lost her job and her husband. Now, she just wants to take her punishment and move on. 'My life is almost destroyed, and I just want to start all over again,' Ms Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, told The Straits Times.'I wish to go to Mecca to perform my umrah (pilgrimage), and go back to modelling as I am into Islamic fashion.'The Malaysian from Perak made international headlines when she was ordered to be caned six times and fined RM5,000 (S$2,060) in July last year for drinking alcohol in public. She would be the first woman caned in Malaysia under Islamic law. The punishment is enforced only in Pahang, Kelantan and Perlis. Civil law does not allow caning for women. The Pahang Syariah High Court abruptly postponed her caning in August until after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
