Two Indonesian women are whipped 100 times each for online pimping (photos)

 

They were punished for violating sharia by advertising (sex) through the internet,' Asmanuddin said.

Officials were struggling to crack down on the area's booming online sex trade, he added.

'This is the first (pimping) case in Langsa although we believe there are many of them out there,' Asmanuddin said.

'We just don't have the necessary tools to monitor them online.'

Aceh is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia to impose Islamic sharia law, which allows flogging on several offenses including prostitution, gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and gay sex.