A Bill approved by Parliament introduces corporal punishment of between six and 24 strokes for convicted scammers.

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Singapore has reinstated an old punishment to combat a sharp rise in online scams. Parliament has amended the criminal law to permit caning for individuals involved in scams and ...

SINGAPORE: The Government will consider caning as punishment for some scam-related offences, given the serious harm they cause and with scam losses here hitting a record high in 2024. Minister of ...

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 ...

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

Aug. 28 (UPI) --Singapore on Thursday introduced higher fees and the threat of caning as punishments for vaping in an effort to crack down on the use of drug-laced vapes. The increased penalties will ...

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 – SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore sentenced a Swiss man to three strokes of a cane and five months in prison Friday for spray-painting graffiti on a subway car, reinforcing the city-state's ...

(Corrects amount stolen in paragraph 5 to S$30,450 from S$30,000) SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A court in Singapore on Wednesday sentenced a Canadian man to five years in jail for robbing a bank in 2016, but ...