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 insisted Tuesday it would still cane a British man convicted of drug smuggling despite a plea from London not to proceed with the punishment. Flogging with a rattan cane, a legacy of British ...

A U.K. tourist faces a possible punishment of being lashed with a cane in Singapore after being charged by police with grabbing a woman's butt in a nightclub earlier this year, reports The Straits ...