A 31-year-old labourer, Abubakar Usman, got six strokes of the cane for stealing two generators. Delivering judgment, Mr Gambo Garuba, an Upper Area Court judge in Zuba, Abuja, sentenced Usman after ...

SANDAKAN: An accounts assistant was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and eight strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court ...

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

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia(AP) — Singapore’s government said Friday that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes from Dec. 30, under changes to criminal law to deter surging fraud cases.

Singapore, known for its strict laws, has now introduced a mandatory punishment of caning for scammers to combat rising online scams in the country. The Asian country’s parliament amended criminal law ...