Singapore, notorious for its strict laws, including a ban on spitting in public and selling chewing gum, may punish convicted fraudsters with caning, according to statements from lawmakers reported by ...

Imagine a place where subway platforms shine like operating rooms. Yet, the justice system is as old as the Middle Ages. This is Singapore, where cleanliness meets capital punishment with surprising ...

A Bill approved by Parliament introduces corporal punishment of between six and 24 strokes for convicted scammers.

Singapore will introduce caning as a penalty for scammers, as the city-state grapples with increasing fraud cases. The parliament passed the amendments to the criminal law on Tuesday. Convicted ...

(CNN) — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as ...

Efforts to detect money mule activities will also be ramped up, as they are the main way overseas scammers launder and transfer gains out of Singapore, says Minister of State for Home Affairs and ...

Vivian Balakrishnan says capital punishment continues to have public support as a deterrent and to protect society.

Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for ...

Singapore is making an unprecedented step towards targeting online scammers, who will now face similar punishments for rape and drug trafficking. On Tuesday, the country’s parliament passed a new law ...

Corporal punishment, including caning, will be used to punish offenders with six to 24 strokes. Fraud accounts for 60 per cent of all reported crimes in the city-state. Penalties have also been ...