The Sharia police chief in Indonesia's Banda Aceh province is unapologetic about the latest canings, imposed for behavior he said, "tarnishes our name."
Banda Aceh, Indonesia — Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopte... [1670 chars]