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