Malaysian women caned for ‘attempting lesbian sex’

LGBT groups express dismay as pair given six strokes for violating sharia law

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A woman prepares to be caned in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
(Image credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Two women have been caned in a Malaysian courtroom for “attempting to have lesbian sex”.

The pair, aged 22 and 32, “were seated on stools facing the judges and given six strokes from a light rattan cane on their backs by female prison officers” this morning, the Associated Press reports.

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