"Fighting scams is a top national priority. The number of scam cases and scam losses remains concerning," said the Ministry ...

Scam offenders in Singapore will face caning from 30 December 2025 as tougher criminal penalties take effect. The changes are ...

MHA said that offenders convicted for cheating offences that do not involve scams may also be liable to discretionary caning ...

Singapore’s government has announced that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes starting December 30.

Caning for scams and scams-related offences — which were among amendments to the law passed on Nov 30 — will come into effect on Dec 30. During the introduction of the amendments in October, the ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Two Germans, who could face jail and caning in Singapore for breaking into a train depot and spray-painting graffiti on a carriage, have been charged with two extra counts of ...

Nie Baochao, 36, was later arrested in Yishun for his suspected involvement in duty unpaid liquor and referred to ICA as he could not show that he was staying in Singapore legally.

Brick, 26, is an Indonesian man who is set to be caned nine times for trying to illegally enter Singapore. This was his fifth time trying to sneak into the country, local media reported, citing ...

SINGAPORE – A former Florida State University football player may become the first American in 16 years to be caned in Singapore after he overstayed his visa, his lawyer said Thursday. Kamari Charlton ...

SINGAPORESINGAPORE — Police in Singapore say a 25-year-old woman has been arrested for painting graffiti and placing stickers on public property. If convicted she could be beaten with a cane. Graffiti ...

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 ...

A Singaporean judge has ordered three British men to be caned for sexually assaulting a Malaysian woman while on a stag party in Singapore. Death penalty: how public views differ around the world ...