Indonesian woman caned publicly for having sex outside marriage (PHOTOS)

These pictures show a woman being caned in front of delighted spectators as a punishment for having sex outside wedlock in Indonesia. 

The terrified woman was seen kneeling on a stage, while an official holding a cane prepared to flog her and a crowd gathered to witness the Sharia law flogging.  

The humiliating punishment was carried out in the country's arch-conservative Aceh province, the only one which observes Sharia criminal law.  

The woman kept her head down as she was escorted by two other women and prepared to face the punishment for having sex outside wedlock