field producer jim wickens to the aceh region of north sumatra. here the leuser ecosystem is one of the last remaining strongholds for indonesian wildlife. it's a 6-million-acre protected park, but it's being illegally cut down to make room for palm oil. >> we've driven into the leuser ecosystem. this is a place of tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans. it's supposed to be protected. but we've been tipped off by rangers here that there is illegal deforestation going on as we speak. we're going to go and try to film them and get right up close to the destruion. keep going. we've been hiking for hours to get here, right on the edge of where the trees are being cut down. i'm standing just meters from where the chainsaws are operating. i'm whispering because we've been told by our guides that these people are highly dangerous. [chainsaws in background] and it's likely to get violent if we move any closer. [m shoutsin distance] you can hear the trees falling through the canopy. it's one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. [choppng] and it'

but first we go to banda aceh in indonesia where young people in particular are literally suffering the seseverity of te islamic rule of law. islamic or sharia law is often perceived as oppressive by the west. and yet there are huge differences in how it's enforced, even within muslim countries. it fact it only plays a dominant role in the legal systems of very few islamic communities and countries. elelsewhere, i it's generaly referred to in private affairs - like marriage, divorce, cases of inheritance. on top of that, there's seems to be no single interpretation of sharia law. it is interpreted and imimplemented in different way. and d those usualllly have moro do with local traditions than with any rules found in the koran. flashlights illuminate the dark corners. sharia police cars patrol the sthey're looking to catch youngg couples unawares. they warn: "go home, it's late. these officers are making sure people abide by sharia law. alcohol, holding hands and even flirting outside of marriage are all prohibited. >> we've ordered them to sit further apart. or to go home. if we have t

but first we go to banda aceh in indonesia where young people in particular are literally suffering the e severity of te islamic rule of law. islamic or sharia law is often perceived as oppressive by the west. and yet there are huge differences in how it's

ratna sary tells us conservative forces are on the rise here in acaceh. 340 people were caned in aceh in ththe past year. therere could be m more than t th y year. the shariaia police are abusig their grgrowing power. >> it affefects women worst of all. they're deemed immoraral. aftetea public b beating, womn often can't get back on track agagain. they have to movove away, they lose their jobs. / the public caning continues. it's the young man kururnia's turn. he also gets 25 lashes from the algogojo - the "exexecutioner". and then the show is over, t te audience is sent home and and kurnia is a free man. he spent four months in prison for r his forbidden relationsh. we go with him to a cafe, where he tells his story. >> i've never committed a crime in my life. i never wawant to experiencece anything like thatat again. my heart was pounding. kurnia is relieved to have it all behind him. his girlfriend cici ((((chee-chee)e)) saw him being beaten tododay. but he has great plans for t thr rerelationship.. >>>> i want to visisit my girlfriend's p parents and tak about the future. maybe i