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A court in the Maldives has ordered a public flogging for a 16-year-old girl who confessed to having pre-marital sex.
The unnamed teenager was convicted on her confession under sharia law after her family complained that she has had sex with a 29-year-old man in July, officials said yesterday.
The man was given 10 years in jail during a court hearing in the remote Raa atoll last Sunday.
A court official said the girl could refuse the public flogging and...




