A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced two men, Mohammad Sani, 24, and Saddam Ali, 27, to 12 strokes of cane each for dealing in Indian hemp and other illicit drugs. The defendants, whose ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--A Japanese hairstylist has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for what the judge described as a “brutal and cruel” assault and rape ...

SHAH ALAM, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- The High Court here today sentenced singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman to life imprisonment and 16 strokes of the cane over three drug offences. Judge Datuk ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore sentenced a Swiss man to three strokes of a cane and five months in prison today for spray-painting a subway car, reinforcing the city-state’s reputation for severely ...

PUTRAJAYA: A labourer who pleaded guilty to raping a civil servant twice and unlawfully entering her home has been sentenced to 33 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane. The Court of Appeal, in a ...

SINGAPORE – A man who held a 60-year-old woman at knifepoint in Yishun in 2023 was found unfit for caning due to health issues, and his sentence of six strokes of the cane was remitted. The court ...

SINGAPORE: A 38-year-old man who raped his stepdaughter when she was between eight and 10 years old was sentenced to 24 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Aug 26). Prosecutors told the ...