An Indonesian woman who was brutally gang-raped as a punishment for having an affair with a married man could be caned in public for breaking religious laws.
The unnamed widow was allegedly attacked last week when a gang of eight men broke into her home, tied her and her male
companion up and accused the pair of conducting an illegal sexual relationship.
The woman, 25, was then raped by each of the men, who covered her and the man in sewage waste after the attack in Banda Aceh, the Jakarta Globe has reported.
They were then handed over to officials at the Sharia office, who discovered the woman had been assaulted during interogation.
Officials there have said the sexual assault would not be taken into consideration in determining the punishment for the religious crime that she was accused of committing.
