SINGAPORE — A man was sentenced to 20 years' jail and a maximum 24 strokes of the cane on Monday (5 September) for engaging in sex acts with an 11-year-old girl and offering her methamphetamine, or ...

Singapore has lost more than $3.4 billion to scams since 2019. In 2024 alone, victims lost a record $1.1 billion, with another $600 million reported lost from January to August this year.

SINGAPORE – With billions lost to scams in Singapore in recent years, the country plans to cane scammers and mules under newly proposed laws to tackle the scourge. Scammers, and members and recruiters ...

A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 28 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Monday (Aug 26) for the repeated sexual abuse of his stepdaughter over a three-year period starting when she aged nine ...

SINGAPORE: A 38-year-old man who raped his stepdaughter when she was between eight and 10 years old was sentenced to 24 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Aug 26). Prosecutors told the ...

Scammers as well as members and recruiters of scam syndicates will be punished with six to 24 strokes of the cane under the ...

SINGAPORE plans to unleash at least six brutal strokes of the cane on convicted online scammers, a minister told lawmakers on ...

Scammers will get at least six strokes of the cane, with the punishment going up to 24 strokes depending on the severity of the offence.

Now, scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to be punished with six to 24 strokes of the cane - a penalty usually reserved for rapists and drug traffickers.

A student of the Obada Idi-Emi High School, Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, simply identified as Ariyo, has died after completing 162 frog jumps and being whiped many strokes of cane.

As narrated by Adetoun, the teacher had brought a dustbin to the deceased's class with instructions that the students should not tamper with it. However, Ariyo jokingly replied to the teacher that the ...