A teenage woman is forced to kneel submissively before a baying crowd as she prepares to receive her punishment of 50 lashes - because she had begun dating.
The 19-year-old woman was whipped in front of a large cheering crowd for her 'crime' in Indonesia's Aceh province.
She was accused of 'spending time alone' with a 21-year-old man, who was punished alongside her in Banda Aceh, the capital of the Sumatra province.
The couple were among 18 people lashed in public for breaking the province's strict implementation of Islamic Sharia law on Tuesday.
Punished: The 19-year-old woman had reportedly 'spent time alone' with a 21-year-old man, which is against the law for unmarried Muslim couples in Aceh province
Two policewomen help the teenager after she received a caning during a public punishment in Banda Aceh
A hooded man meted out lashings with a rattan cane on a stage next to the mosque in Banda Aceh, with the teenager kneeling in front of him.
The girl and the man had been caught spending time alone together, which is against the law for unmarried Muslim couples in the province.
Public caning happens on a regular basis in Aceh, the only province in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country to implement Islamic sharia law, but is less common for women.
Aceh began implementing sharia law after being granted special autonomy in 2001, an effort by the central government in Jakarta to quell a long-running separatist insurgency.
Breaking the law: The couple were among 18 people lashed in publish for breaking the Indonesian province's strict implementation of Islamic Sharia law on Tuesday
Sharia police canes a man (centre of stage-in white) for gambling and breaking Islamic law, during a public punishment in Banda Aceh
Public flaying: The 'crimes' committed included for gambling, drinking alcohol and dating between an unmarried man and woman
Strict rules:Public caning happens on a regular basis in Aceh, the only province in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country to implement Islamic sharia law
Islamic laws have been strengthened since the province struck a peace deal with the central government in 2005.
This month, the local government banned Valentine's Day celebrations, including giving cards or chocolates, deeming it an 'unlawful act' under Sharia law.
Earlier this year, Banda Aceh banned women from entertainment venues after 11pm unless they are accompanied by a husband or male family member.
In 2015, a district in Aceh enacted a bylaw requiring schools to teach boys and girls separately, and another banned women from straddling motorcycles when riding with a driver.
More than 90 percent of Indonesians describe themselves as Muslim, but the vast majority practise a moderate form of the faith.
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