Pair face barbaric Indonesia punishment for gay sex after neighbour secretly filmed them
TWO MEN are facing a horrific punishment after they were filmed having “gay sex” in ultra-conservative Indonesia.
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The pair were reported by police by snooping neighbours - who filmed parts of the act.
Police chief Marzuki said the men had since confessed after being confronted with the clip and now face 100 strikes with a cane.
The men, aged 20 and 23, are residents of the country’s conservative Aceh province - the only area in the country to practice Shariah law.
Indonesia's Aceh province practices a conservative style of law
Marzuki said: "Based on our investigation, testimony of witnesses and evidence, we can prove that they violated Islamic Shariah law and we can take them to court."
The Sharia law code was introduced to Aceh two years ago. It punishes what it describes as crimes of “morality”.
Other so-called crimes include drinking, gambling, skipping prayer and wearing tight clothes.
A woman being caned for breaking a 'moral law'
Aceh, while located in the western tip of Indonesia, is the heart of Islam and conservatism in the country.
Separatists have long pushed for independence from the rest of the country, although this was quashed by a series of concessions from the government.
This allowed greater autonomy regarding lawmaking including the introduction of Sharia law.
Aceh province is located at the western tip of Indonesia
It has led to a break-down in gay rights in the region - and across the rest of the country.
A report last year warned gay rights was now coming under “unprecedented attack”.
Human Rights Watch said: “The rights of Indonesian sexual and gender minorities have come under unprecedented attack in 2016.
Sharia Law is practiced in Aceh province in Indonesia
“In early 2016, [a] combination of government officials, militant Islamists, and mass religious groups stoking anti-LGBT intolerance led to immediate deterioration of the human rights of LGBT individuals.
“What began as public condemnation quickly grew into calls for criminalisation and ‘cures,’ laying bare the depth and breadth of officials’ individual prejudices.”