Two men in Indonesia brace for public caning after getting caught having gay sex

Horrifying news out of Indonesia: two men, aged 27 and 28, will face public caning after an angry mob caught the pair having gay sex at home.

The saga began on November 12, when the owner of the boarding house where one of the men lives noted that the resident (whose name has been withheld to protect his privacy, as has that of his partner) had frequent male guests to his room. He then put together a mob of other men living in the boarding house, which then stormed the room of the resident. The mob discovered the two men having sex and dragged them to the street before contacting police.

Police then arrested the two men, who will now face charges of violating the anti-gay sex laws of the Aceh province. As Aceh is a majority Muslim state, residents there have codified Sharia Law. If found guilty at trial, the two men will face public caning as punishment.

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Safriadi, head of the local police department, told CNN Indonesia that the police have also…

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