Singapore, notorious for its strict laws, including a ban on spitting in public and selling chewing gum, may punish convicted fraudsters with caning, according to statements from lawmakers reported by ...

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 ...

Singapore’s government will consider caning as punishment for some scam-related offenses, Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling said during a parliamentary debate Tuesday. The Southeast Asian ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Singaporeans lost an average of $4031 each to scams in 2023, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s government said Friday that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes from ...

As Singapore’s ambassador to the U.S., I would like to clarify some misperceptions conveyed in Jon Pelson’s Feb. 6 op-ed “Lee Kuan Yew’s Cane and Trump’s Tariffs” about the way our country carries out ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s government said Friday that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes from Dec. 30, under changes to criminal law to deter surging fraud cases.