TOO HARSH OR NOT

I'm not a Muslim but somehow I need to speak out on
the punishment this Muslim woman is getting for drinking
1 glass of beer in public!
I know it's an offence under syariah law for Muslims consuming
alcohol in public but a RM5,000 fine and whipping 6 times for that?
THE STAR
I have never heard of this kind of punishment happen before in
Malaysia.OUTRAGEOUS, man! We aren't Taliban, Bangladesh
or Afghanistan are we? Or are we going into that direction?
Will somebody help her, perhaps Sister in Islam?