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 ...

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 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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 will cane scammers under a new law as the city-state grapples with crimes affecting thousands of people. The measure, passed in a parliamentary session on Tuesday, comes as financial frauds ...

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 ...