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To combat a surge in modern-day online scams, Singapore has turned to a punishment from the past: caning. This week, Singapore’s Parliament amended criminal law in the city-state to introduce caning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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(MENAFN- Live Mint) Singapore has reinstated an old punishment to combat a sharp rise in online scams. Parliament has amended the criminal law to permit caning for individuals involved in scams and ...

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

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