Beer-drinking model faces caning in Malaysia (Religion of Peace)

AFP ^

[Chet 99]

KUALA LUMPUR — A religious court in Malaysia has sentenced a tearful Singaporean Muslim model to six strokes of the cane after she drank beer in a nightclub, reports said Tuesday.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, pleaded guilty to consuming alcohol at a hotel nightclub in the eastern state of Pahang last year, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.

"We feel the sentence is fair after going through the prosecution's argument and since the rotan (cane) is provided for in the law," Pahang Sharia High Court judge Abdul Rahman Yunus said, according to the paper.

[ansel12]

Malaysia, which has large Indian and Chinese minorities freely enjoying alcohol, has a two-track legal system. Civil courts operate alongside state-based sharia courts, which can try Muslims for religious offences.

Weird.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Such a charming “religion.”

[guitarplayer1953]

what does she model burkas?

[KittyKares]

Gentlemen, the model’s photo can be found here:

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_405955.html

[allmost]

No pics? How s one to discerne guilt or innocence?

[iowamark]

A pit bull made her do it.

[Loud Mime]

Caning for drinking a beer; where is the NOW babes on this?

[FTJM]

Is some sort of fetish?

[I see my hands]

A pic is good to see but unnecessary to determine guilt or innocence in this case. Guilty if homely. Cane her ugly butt! Guilty if hot. Cane her sexy butt, oh baby!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Such a charming “religion.”

Yeah, it's the religion of Peace you know .... SARCASM !!

[moodyskeptic]

My wife would NOT do well there!

[flaglady47]

Hope she isn’t modeling low backed dresses.

[Cyber Ninja]

Your logic is impeachable and her arse will be equally sore, else.

[GregoTX]

I think she had more than one beer

[KittyKares]

And get this, another article said her husband was let go! Now that's really discriminating:

She was with her Singaporean husband in a hotel nightclub in the eastern state of Pahang last year when syariah officers raided the lounge, nabbing 20 other Muslims for drinking alcohol, which is forbidden in Islam. Her husband was let off, according to an earlier report in the Times.

She told the newspaper before the trial that “it was sheer bad luck” the lounge was raided.

I'll say!

[zipper]

Not surprising to me. I was in Malaysia a couple of years ago, and remember reading a small, matter-of-fact article in the Penang newspaper saying a couple was to receive 3 lashes each for kissing in a public park.

No they weren’t homosexuals.

[MediaMole]

Caning usually leaves permanent scars.

[libs_kma]

Imagine if she was taking a swig of beer to wash down a pork rind...

[paristwelve]

Here she is enjoying happier days.