Singapore, where spitting in public and selling chewing gum is illegal, has long been known for its strict laws. Now, scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to ...

Actor Vedang Raina plays Ankur Anand in Jigra. In this scene, he gets punished with caning in a fictional South-Asian country(Screengrab from YouTube/Dharma ...

Singapore’s Parliament has approved a law making caning mandatory for scammers and syndicate recruiters in response to rising financial fraud cases. Credit: Canva.com Singapore's Parliament has ...

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.

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 scam mule activities, ...