After Friday prayers on Dec 6, Mohd Affendi Awang will become the first person in Malaysia to undergo public caning at the Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Mosque in Kuala Terengganu.

The Terengganu Syariah High Court handed the 42-year-old widower the sentence for committing the offence of khalwat (close proximity with the opposite gender) for a third time.

Malaysiakini learned that a meeting to...