A Bill approved by Parliament introduces corporal punishment of between six and 24 strokes for convicted scammers.

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Singapore has reinstated an old punishment to combat a sharp rise in online scams. Parliament has amended the criminal law to permit caning for individuals involved in scams and ...

The physical punishments for scams were introduced after the Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill was passed by Parliament on November 4.

Singapore is making an unprecedented step towards targeting online scammers, who will now face similar punishments for rape and drug trafficking. On Tuesday, the country’s parliament passed a new law ...

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 ...

Corporal punishment, including caning, will be used to punish offenders with six to 24 strokes. Fraud accounts for 60 per cent of all reported crimes in the city-state. Penalties have also been ...