Three Indonesian men caned for gambling with dominoes
Three men convicted of gambling have been publicly caned under Islamic law in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province.
Dozens of onlookers watched the beating, the third there this year. Photo: ALAMY
5:31PM BST 05 Oct 2012
The chief of the civil service police, Rusli, says the three were each given seven lashes outside a mosque after Friday prayers in Jantho, the capital of Aceh Besar district. Dozens of onlookers watched the beating, the third there this year.
The men were questioned by police last month while playing dominoes for money at a coffee shop. A fourth man who was also questioned failed to show up for the caning because of illness, said Rusli, who uses a single name.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation with 240 million people, has a policy of secularism but allows highly conservative Aceh province to implement a version of Sharia Islamic law.
