Malaysia to cane beer-drinking Muslim model

Muslim model Michelle Leslie before she converted under threat of death.

A Malaysian religious court sentenced the tearful 22-year-old Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to six strokes of the cane after she pleaded guilty to consuming alcohol, reported the New Straits Times.

She told the newspaper before the trial that “it was sheer bad luck” the lounge was raided. -- Al-Arabia