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Aceh court orders public flogging of couple for TikTok kiss

Published 2 July 2026

A young couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly flogged on Thursday, July 2, after a Sharia court found them guilty of violating local morality laws for kissing during a TikTok livestream.

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