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.

Lawmakers in Singapore have passed a law mandating up to 24 strokes of the cane for convicted scammers, local media ...

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 ...

Singapore is making an unprecedented step towards targeting online scammers, who will now face similar punishments for rape ...

Singapore will cane scammers under a new law as the city-state grapples with crimes affecting thousands of people.

A 46-year-old Indian national and Singapore permanent resident on Monday was sentenced to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a woman in a nursing room at a shopping mall. The ...

The Singapore Police Force has observed a rising trend of Malaysians entering Singapore to assist scam syndicates.

SINGAPORE: Cheng Guoyuan, who was sentenced to 19 years' jail and eight strokes of the cane in June for viciously slashing ...