why has such a scandal developed over the caning sentence of a woman in malaysia?
Model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, who was scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beer, has been released temporarily as it is not advisable for the sentence to be meted out during the fasting month, said Pahang Exco member for Religious Affairs, Dakwah, Unity and NGOs Datuk Mohd Sahfri Abdul Aziz. “The sentence remains. She will be caned after the fasting month. She has been released but only temporarily,” he said. A Malaysian model, who was set to become the first woman caned in the southeast Asian country for drinking beer in public, was inexplicably spared her sentence Monday, her father said. Authorities had picked up Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, from her father’s house Monday morning and were taking her to a prison in the eastern state of Pahang when the van turned around and brought her back. “They sent her back to the house. They said the top official asked them not to bring her to Kuala Lumpur,” said Kartika’s father, Shukarno Abdul Muttalib. It was not immediately kno
