A young, unmarried couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province is publicly caned after a Sharia court convicts them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream. According to multiple reports, the Aceh Sharia court orders the man and woman to receive 21 lashes each using a rattan cane because they kissed without being married. The caning takes place in a public park in Banda Aceh, with at least around 100 people in attendance, according to accounts describing the event. The punishment is carried out on a stage in Bustanussalatin City Park by a group of people wearing robes and hoods. The man is reported as 22 years old and the woman as 25, and the couple is said to have been arrested in April after the livestream dated February 27. Coverage also notes that Aceh applies its own version of Sharia rules, which allow penalties for “morality” violations under provincial law. The reports describe the case as linked to a viral social media livestream.