Two students arrested for caning boy

Two students arrested for caning boy

MALAYSIA: Malaysian police have arrested two religious students
for caning a Muslim boy who talked to his female schoolmate, a
report said on Thursday.

The 17-year-old victim was whipped 25 times in front of other
students at a religious school in northeast Kelantan state as
"punishment for committing vice", the Malay-language Utusan
Malaysia said.

A 33-year-old student of a religious school in southern
Thailand and a 23-year-old who is studying at a Malaysian
religious school in neighboring Terengganu state have been
arrested in connection with the case, police Superintendent Abdul
Jalil Talib said.

The men were not teachers at the victim's religious school but
were frequent visitors there.

Kelantan and Terengganu states are governed by the opposition
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) which wants to implement strict
Islamic laws, including limb amputation for theft and stoning to
death for adulterers. --AFP