Banda Aceh – Four men accused of gambling will be lined up in the courtyard of a Banda Aceh mosque and lashed with a cane after prayers on Friday, the Banda Aceh prosecutor's office has told Indonesian state media.

"The plan is that after Friday prayer the prosecutor's office will lash four people convicted of gambling," Banda Aceh chief prosecutor Husni Thamrin said on Wednesday, as quoted by the state-run Antara news agency.

The four men have been identified as Muhazar, 32, Ridwan, 39, Muchtar, 34, and Hermansyah, whose age could not be confirmed. They each face five lashes in the yard of the Al Makmur mosque in Lampriet, Banda Aceh.

The Shariah court had earlier sentenced them to seven lashes, but cut the sentence by two because of time the men had served in jail.

"The two lashes cut is because the convicts have been detained for two months," Husni said. "Detention of one to 30 days equals one lash based on the [criminal code]."

Earlier this month, seven gambling convicts were caned in the yard of Pahlawan Great Mosque in Baiturrahman. The macabre celebration of violence was witnessed by hundreds of members of the public.

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