Singapore is defending last week’s court decision calling for two German men to be caned, rejecting criticism that the punishment constitutes torture. The men were convicted of vandalizing a public ...

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 ...

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 ...

Actor Vedang Raina plays Ankur Anand in Jigra. In this scene, he gets punished with caning in a fictional South-Asian country(Screengrab from YouTube/Dharma ...

Singapore's Parliament has approved a series of amendments to its criminal law that will make caning mandatory for scammers and recruiters of scam syndicates, as part of a broader crackdown on ...