Kuala Lumpur, Aug 21 - A distraught and repentant former Malaysian model, who was convicted for drinking beer at a nightclub, wants to be publicly whipped with her family members watching.

Set to be the first woman to be punished for violating the country's law that forbids liquor consumption in public, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor is also hoping for media coverage, Harian Metro newspaper reported Friday.

A court last month ordered that she be whipped six times for consuming alcohol.

She was quoted as saying that she wanted the punishment to be carried out in public to serve as a lesson to others who consume alcohol.

The 32-year-old said she wanted her family to be allowed to watch it, adding: 'I hope the media will be allowed to cover it as well.