KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia: A man was flogged inside a Malaysia mosque on Friday after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a woman who was neither his wife or relative, state news said.
The 42-year-old construction worker was given six lashes in Malaysia´s conservative state of Terengganu after being convicted by a Sharia court, the official Bernama news agency said.
It was the first instance of a Sharia court-ordered whipping taking place outside of a court setting in Malaysia according to the agency.
An AFP journalist saw the man delivered to the mosque in a prison van after Friday prayers, wearing an orange inmate´s jumpsuit as he entered before a hushed crowd.
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