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Three Indonesian Christians caned for drinking alcohol Men opted to be flogged in public in Aceh province to avoid a prison sentence A Christian man reacts while being publicly caned by a member of the Sharia police after he was caught drinking alcohol in Banda Aceh on Feb. 8. (Photo: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP) Three Christians were flogged in public in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Feb. 8 after being caught drinking alcohol at a small shop in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, according to a local government official. Heru Triwijanarko, acting head of the Banda Aceh public order agency and Sharia police, said the three unnamed men received 40 strokes of the cane for violating bylaws prohibiting alcohol. ....
More clusters of Sumatran elephant rehab centers required: Walhi 4th February 2021 (ANTARA FOTO/Hadly Vavaldi/wsj.) Of course, we must put an end to the human-wildlife conflict, and Sumatran elephants are native to the island of Sumatra Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA) - More clusters of elephant rehabilitation centers are required to help care for wild Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) trespassing into people s spatial areas or getting ensnared in wire, according to a conservationist. Of course, we must put an end to the human-wildlife conflict, and Sumatran elephants are native to the island of Sumatra, Executive Director of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi)-North Sumatra Office Doni Latuperisa stated. ....
Sumatran elephant destroys villagers farmlands in Aceh 24th January 2021 Sumatran elephants (Elephant maximus Sumatranus) . (FOTO ANTARA/Fachrozi Amri) Suka Makmue, Aceh (ANTARA) - A wild Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) sneaked into and destroyed the farmlands of several residents of Tuwi Meuleusong Village in Seunagan Timur Subdistrict, Nagan Raya District, Aceh Province, on early Sunday. The aggressive elephant also destroyed a house of a transmigrant in Ketubung Tunong Village, Seunagan Timur Subdistrict, but this human-wildlife conflict did not cause casualties among villagers, Tuwi Meuleusong Village Head Arfandi said. However, this trespassing large land mammal has terrified many residents in the two villages because it has caused them to suffer material losses owing to their damaged food crops, he said. ....