Anyone over the age of 16 who is convicted of a crime on Guam could be sentenced to up to 24 strokes from a bamboo or rattan cane, decided at the discretion of a judge, should a bill introduced Friday ...
A video clip of a scuffle between two students at a secondary school in Serangoon last month and a newspaper report about parents’ resistance to teachers disciplining their children had netizens ...
At least two types of rattan canes are used to whip convicted persons in Malaysia. Slender rattan canes are used for persons in white-collar crimes such as fraud, bribery, insider trading or ...
A Muslim part-time model will be caned next week, becoming the first woman in Malaysia to be given the punishment under Islamic law, after she pleaded guilty to drinking beer, a prosecutor said ...
Singapore's justice system is notorious for its use of the death penalty, but it also sentences convicts to be caned. Eligible offences include drug trafficking, vandalism, rioting and overstaying a ...
Five unmarried couples were publicly flogged for breaking Sharia law in Indonesia - the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Religious police caught them either cuddling, holding hands or having ...
INDONESIA: An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under ...
Caning as a form of judicial punishment in Malaysia has reached "epidemic" proportions and should be banned, according to a human rights group. Blows administered to the body with a long cane are a ...