Kuala Lumpur: A Muslim model from Singapore has been sentenced to flogging by a Malaysian Islamic court after she confessed to drinking beer at a nightclub in the city.
Kartika Sari Sewi Shu-karno, 32, a part-time model pleaded guilty of having a beer in a nightclub in 2008, was ordered by the Shariah High Court on Monday to receive six strokes of the cane and pay $ 1,400 as fine, according to New Straits Times.
"The court reached the judgment after the accused pleaded guilty. We feel the sentence is fair after going through the prosecution's argument and since the cane is provided for in the law", said Judge Datuk Abdul Rahman Yunus.
He added the accused could face a three-year jail term if she failed to pay the fine while the canning would be carried out by federal prison authorities.
"The cane is aimed at making the accused repent and serves as a lesson to Muslims," said Yunus according to the newspaper.
Her lawyer Mohd Zuki Che Muhamad Ghani said they would file an appeal against the sentence.
This is the second time the Shariah Court here has imposed whipping on a female. The first was on a waitress and a man who were caught together with Kartika during a raid by the religious police in a hotel in Cherating.
Consumption of alcohol is a religious offense for Muslims in Malaysia who make up two-thirds of the population.
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