A model Muslim sentenced to flogging for drinking beer

A model singapuresa Muslim was convicted by an Islamic court in Malaysia to receive six strokes with a rattan cane for drinking beer in a bar, the press reported Malaysia

Shukarno Kartika Sari Dewi, 32, pleaded guilty to having consumed alcohol during a party held last year in a discotheque in the north, according to the newspaper "New Straits Times." "We believe that the sentence is fair (...) I hope the accused to repent and serve as an example to all Muslims," said Judge Abdul Rahman Yunus, who also imposed a fine on the model of 5000 ringit. Shukarno, when I began to mourn the ruling, said it will appeal the conviction to the Supreme Court.


The highest court rarely Malaysia cancels the opinions of the religious courts, applying the "Sharia" or Islamic law in the majority Muslim population of the country. Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore still applied to some offenders corporal punishment with a whip of rattan, a legacy of when the three were part of the British Empire.