Kartika tells govt, NGOs to butt out

KUALA KANGSAR, Sept 24 – It has been three months since she was sentenced to six strokes of the rotan and a RM5,000 fine for drinking beer in a Pahang nightclub.

And now. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, the Muslim mother of two whose sentence made headlines all over the world, hopes the authorities will just get on with the whipping which had been put off till after the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Her lawyer had written recently to the Pahang Syariah High Court in Kuantan, asking for the date when the whipping is to be carried out but have yet to receive a reply, reporters were told today. - + selanjutnya

Kartika tells govt, NGOs to butt out