The move is the government’s latest attempt to combat a spike in financial fraud that has cost Singaporeans around $2.8 ...

To combat a surge in online scams, the city-state has turned to caning fraudsters — a form of corporal punishment left over from the British colonial era.

Singapore, where spitting in public and selling chewing gum is illegal, has long been known for its strict laws.

Singapore's parliament has passed legislation that will see scammers, syndicate members and recruiters punished with up to 24 ...

By bno - Surabaya Office Singapore has passed a new criminal law that mandates caning as part of the punishment for ...

Scammers face between six and 24 strokes of the cane, while mules face a discretionary 12 strokes. Read more at ...

Singapore will introduce caning as a penalty for scammers, as the city-state grapples with increasing fraud cases.

Singapore has approved a sweeping new criminal law that introduces caning as a mandatory punishment for scammers and their ...

Money mules — those who provide bank accounts, SIM cards, or Singpass credentials — can be given up to 12 strokes at the ...

Scammers as well as members and recruiters of scam syndicates will be punished with six to 24 strokes of the cane under the ...

SINGAPORE: Cheng Guoyuan, who was sentenced to 19 years' jail and eight strokes of the cane in June for viciously slashing his wife outside a row of restaurants in Beach Road, has been spared caning.