SINGAPORE: The issue of whether rapists aged 50 or older should be exempted from caning was thrust into the spotlight on Monday (Dec 19) when President Halimah Yacob called for a review of the decades ...

SINGAPORE: Caning could be implemented as punishment for scams and scam-related offences under proposed changes to Singapore’s criminal law. “Fighting scams continues to be a top national priority.

Under new guidelines caning will only be used in schools for male students aged nine and above Male school students who bully others, including through cyberbullying, will face caning as a “last ...

The move is the government’s latest attempt to combat a spike in financial fraud that has cost Singaporeans around $2.8 billion since 2020. Singapore this week passed a law allowing for the caning of ...

Strict last-resort measure: Caning will only be used for boys in serious bullying cases when other disciplinary actions fail, with principal approval and authorised administration. Broader ...

SINGAPORE - A woman was distraught after she lost not just her life savings, but also her father’s to a malware scam. This was one of the scam victims Jurong GRC MP Tan Wu Meng saw among the rising ...

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 ...