SINGAPORE, Jan 13 — An unemployed Malaysian man who reportedly posed as a Caucasian “sugar daddy” online to deceive and ...

A married man received jail and caning for posing as a "sugar daddy" to deceive three women into sexual acts and extortion.

A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years' jail and nine strokes of the cane for raping a teenage girl who brought him ...

Scammers in Singapore face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes for serious cases as a law authorising the punishment came into effect.

Scammers and those involved in recruiting or running scam syndicates will be liable to mandatory caning under new legal amendments effective December 30. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on ...

Singapore’s government said on Friday that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes from December 30, under changes to criminal law to deter surging fraud cases. The changes, passed by ...

[SINGAPORE] Scammers and mules will face mandatory caning starting from Dec 30 as Singapore steps up its efforts to stem scam losses. “Fighting scams is a top national priority,” said the Ministry of ...

SINGAPORE – A 34-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years’ jail and 14 strokes of the cane on Dec 5 for raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he met on a mobile chat app. The sexual acts ...

SINGAPORE: A renovation contractor who raped a woman while at her flat to fix her lights was sentenced on Wednesday (Nov 26) to 12 years and three weeks' jail and 13 strokes of the cane. Koh Lee Hwa, ...

Singapore will introduce caning as a penalty for scammers, as the city-state grapples with increasing fraud cases. The parliament passed the amendments to the criminal law on Tuesday. Convicted ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is of the view that caning in schools should be reconsidered, but with strict guidelines and controls in place to prevent any form of abuse.