A video clip of a scuffle between two students at a secondary school in Serangoon last month and a newspaper report about parents’ resistance to teachers disciplining their children had netizens ...

Caning is a punishment dating back to British colonial rule in Singapore and involves being flogged with a rattan stick. Three young British men were sentenced Tuesday to jail time and caning for ...

At least two types of rattan canes are used to whip convicted persons in Malaysia. Slender rattan canes are used for persons in white-collar crimes such as fraud, bribery, insider trading or ...

Aceh: An elderly Christian woman has been caned in Aceh for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under the region's strict religious laws. The ...