Amnesty: Don't cane beer-drinking model

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Human rights group Amnesty International on Friday urged Malaysia not to cane a Muslim model for drinking beer and to abolish the "cruel and degrading punishment".

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, was sentenced to a caning and a fine of RM5,000 last month after she pleaded guilty to drinking alcohol at a hotel nightclub in the eastern state of Pahang last year.

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