Malaysian women caned for trying lesbian sex

Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people yesterday.

The women, aged 32 and 22, had pleaded guilty last month to attempting lesbian sex, forbidden under Islamic law.

They were sentenced at Sharia High Court in Terengganu to a fine and six lashings of the cane. It marks the first conviction for same-sex relations and the first public caning in the state.