ACEH MINUTES] Southwest Aceh regency’s Public Order Office chief Muddasir said Thursday he found it difficult to prosecute a same sex married couple caught by local residents in Gampong Blangpadang, Tangan-tangan district.
“How could we prosecute them if no qanun [bylaw] can be used as a basis to do so,” Muddasir said Thursday as quoted by Tribunnews.com.
Meanwhile, residents had yet to file any charge against the couple, making it harder for law enforcers to prosecute them, he added.
The couple, Ranto alias Rohani, 35, and Nuraini, 21, were captured on Sunday by Gampon Blangpadang residents. The two were taken to the police before the police transferred them to the Public Order Office. They have been married since March.
Aceh began to implement sharia in 2006. source: The jakarta post
