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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 ...

Singapore passes a law introducing mandatory caning for online scammers, with up to 24 strokes for offenders. Government cracks down on rising fraud cases. On November 8, 2025, Singapore unveiled its ...

Singapore lost more than $2.8 billion to scammers between 2020 and 2025 SINGAPORE plans to unleash at least six brutal strokes of the cane on convicted online scammers, a minister told lawmakers on ...

Now, scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to be punished with six to 24 strokes of the cane - a penalty usually reserved for rapists and drug traffickers.

A man who had slashed his wife with two cleavers outside a row of restaurants in Beach Road was spared from caning. In court documents seen by Mothership on Nov. 5, the 50-year-old man, Cheng Guoyuan, ...

Singapore this week passed a law allowing for the caning of those involved in scamming, its latest attempt to combat a runaway surge in online fraud of all kinds. Under the measure, which was passed ...

Cheng Guoyuan, sentenced to 19 years' jail and caning for attacking his wife, was medically certified as permanently unfit for caning on Sept 9. The prosecution did not seek additional jail time in ...

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 ...

When it came to punishment back in medieval Europe, people got whipped, branded, and occasionally beheaded for stealing bread. Fast-forward to 2025, and Singapore’s taking a page from that old ...

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.