Muslim model spared from punishment
source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-08-24-malaysia_N.htm?csp=34
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KARAI, Malaysia (AP) — Islamic officials have unexpectedly freed a Muslim model scheduled to be caned this week for drinking beer.
Two female and one male officials came to the house of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno in northern Malaysia on Monday and took her away in a van on what was supposed to be a four-hour road journey to a prison near Kuala Lumpur, the country's main city.
Kartini's father, Shukarno Abdul Muttalib, says they returned with Kartika after about 30 minutes and said they had received "instructions from the higher powers" to release her.
Shukarno says the officials claim that "for now, the sentence cannot be carried out."
It is not immediately clear whether Kartika will be taken back into custody later. Islamic officials declined to comment.
Two female and one male officials came to the house of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno in northern Malaysia on Monday and took her away in a van on what was supposed to be a four-hour road journey to a prison near Kuala Lumpur, the country's main city.
Kartini's father, Shukarno Abdul Muttalib, says they returned with Kartika after about 30 minutes and said they had received "instructions from the higher powers" to release her.
Shukarno says the officials claim that "for now, the sentence cannot be carried out."
It is not immediately clear whether Kartika will be taken back into custody later. Islamic officials declined to comment.
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