Previously, public caning has been livestreamed and uploaded on the Internet, drawing international criticism.

Under Islamic law, Aceh has imposed public caning for crimes such as theft, gambling and adultery.

On the eve of Taiwan's court ruling, two gay men face a public caning in Indonesia.

According to an official, this is the state's first conviction for same-sex relations and its first public caning.

Aceh is the only province in majority-Muslim Indonesia that follows Islamic law and imposes public caning for crimes like theft, gambling and adultery.

Public canings were introduced in Aceh in 2005 and are supported by many Acehnese.

But following an international outcry over such public canings, Yusuf said in April he would issue a decree to allow them only inside prisons.