Singapore’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law that introduced caning as a punishment for scammers and money mules, as the country battles a scourge of fraud cases. Under the Criminal Law ...

JERTIH: A teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and six strokes of the cane for committing physical sexual assault on a 15-year-old male student. Sessions judge Ahmad Fadhli Mahmud meted ...

SIBU: A welder was sentenced to 11 years in prison and four strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here on Friday (Oct 31) for raping his 19-year-old niece who later became six months pregnant. The ...

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 ...

Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, a minister told lawmakers on Tuesday, as the city-state doubles down on syndicates following record-high scam losses.

Singapore’s Parliament has approved a law making caning mandatory for scammers and syndicate recruiters in response to rising financial fraud cases. Credit: Canva.com Singapore's Parliament has ...

Singapore, where spitting in public and selling chewing gum is illegal, has long been known for its strict laws. Now, scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to ...

Singapore has disclosed plans to impose mandatory caning on convicted online scammers, with offenders facing at least six strokes, as the government intensified crackdown on cybercrime syndicates ...

Singapore has now introduced mandatory caning as punishment for those convicted of scamming or being a money mule. (Source: Getty) Singapore is sending a message to scammers that they will suffer ...

Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, a minister told lawmakers on Tuesday, as the city-state doubles down on syndicates following record-high scam losses.

Lawmakers in Singapore have passed a law mandating up to 24 strokes of the cane for convicted scammers, local media reported. According to the new law, scammers will receive at least six strokes of a ...