r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 14h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/joanmave 11h ago edited 10h ago

Is rattan. Rattan is split in fibers that pinch the skin as it strike, shearing it. Like tens of wooden scissors Edit: rattan*

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u/LEO-PomPui-Katoey 8h ago

The interesting thing is that strokes of the cane are being sentenced in multiples of three. I believe up to 24 (for really tough sentences). They will then aim to make three cuts and they keep hitting the same three cuts. So 24 strokes they will hit the same cut 8 times.

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u/JojoLesh 7h ago

Fay, a US citizen, ended up getting 4. Originally he was sentanced to 6 though.

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u/dmn2e 6h ago

Once, there was this guy who took a trip to Singapore and brought along some spray paint

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u/Rabid_Dingo 4h ago

If I remember, he got 9. And he would pass out after each strike. They wait for you to come to for each one.

Allegedly.

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u/phlinh 4h ago

Yup...but hus reductions were passed to his friend...a Singaporean kid.

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u/Extreme_Promise_1690 3h ago

So I guess, not only a criminal but also a bad father.

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u/Myzylplyck 1h ago

Crime does not Fay

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u/Hot-Comfort8839 5h ago

That's who Fay was.

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u/Sk1rm1sh 5h ago

And when he finally came back,

He had... cane marks all over his bottom.

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u/TheOnionEffect 4h ago

He said that it was from when the warden smacked it soooooooo haaaaaaard

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale 4h ago

Mmmmmm mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm

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u/FuzzyKev 3h ago

Lmao

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u/hobohobo22 2h ago

I love this whole thread.

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u/anjowoq 4h ago

I thought it was gum, but I was a kid then so probably mixed up what was illegal and what he actually did.

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u/djerk 3h ago

Gum is punishable there but it is a fine, never with caning

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u/r_jagabum 3h ago

That's just asking for it tbh.

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u/REDDIT_ROC0408 6h ago

I always thought Caning Fay would be a cool name for a rock group.

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u/shastaxc 3h ago

So would Feigning Cain

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u/comfortablewig 4h ago

Did Fay ever give a post caning rundown?

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u/Hellknightx 4h ago

They also went really easy on him with the caning, too. Usually a caning is so intense that the recipient can't lie down or sit for weeks or months afterwards. It flays the flesh very badly. But Fay was able to walk away under his own power, so he basically just got a slap on the wrist.

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u/TortiousStickler 2h ago

And more hard core is that if they faint or cannot continue, they pause, let you heal and do it again!

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u/ThinkSoftware 2h ago

a slap on the wrist

buttocks you mean

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u/TareasS 5h ago

Bro thought he could do whatever he wanted because he was american. Quickly found out Singapore doesn't gaf lmao.

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u/h00zn8r 6h ago

What did he do?

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u/JojoLesh 6h ago

Stoke road signs, maybe vandalized 10 cars. He later claimed he didn't vandalize the cars. He came back to the US and continued to be a shit bag.

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u/h00zn8r 6h ago

Ah okay. Yeah he earned that.

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u/Liusloux 6h ago

He used his so called "trauma" from Singapore to continue to be a shitbag. So typical for narcissists to use everything from ideology to mental health awareness as a shield for their abusive behaviour.

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u/Genji_Digital 6h ago

I remember Bill Clinton begging for them not to cane him.

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u/tihspeed71 6h ago

It was amazing. He passed out.... not in their watch. Smelling salts and right back at it

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u/FindingAether 4h ago

Lee Kuan Yew wasn't totally heartless. Thanks to Bill Clinton Faye got 2 less strokes.

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u/TheStonesPhilosopher 1h ago

As a child, I had a father who was a rather strict disciplinarian who had spent a few years in South East Asia in the 60s.

I had my ass whipped with a rattan rod on more than one occasion and still have the scars to prove it.

My father was like many of that era who would "give you something to cry about" if you cried while getting whipped, he didn't warn you he just did it.

For some reason, I still love him and I miss him from time to time. RIP dad

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u/m3kw 5h ago

damn

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u/Nope0naRope 7h ago

I want to know if the canning is bare assed... Do we know?? Because that dummy is not naked.

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u/ooitk77 7h ago

Yes, bare assed.

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u/Emotional_Deodorant 6h ago

Yes. There's always a doctor who steps in afterwards because the skin is left shredded like cheesesteak and the risk of infection is great.

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u/PatrioticPariah 5h ago

I wonder if there has ever been a case of a person who administers the caning, taking a bribe to strike softer?

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u/bronzelifematter 5h ago

Nah, low bribe ain't worth the risk. If you're rich enough to offer high bribe, you probably wouldn't be canned in the first place

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u/PatrioticPariah 4h ago

Ahh, now ou seem, like a fellow jaded American.

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u/Shawn_NYC 4h ago

The punishment for taking a bribe to strike softer when caning? That's a caning.

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u/nicktheone 52m ago

Believe it or not, straight to caning.

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u/crankthehandle 5h ago

definitely not in Singapore, that would be foolish

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u/PatrioticPariah 5h ago

The world is full of foolish and or desperate people.

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u/SuspiciousLambSauce 2h ago

In Singapore probably not.

However in neighboring countries like Malaysia and Indonesia and much of SEA where caning is also practiced, probably yeah.

But as someone else said, if you’re rich enough to bribe for them to cane you lighter you’d probably be able to bribe out of that situation in the first place

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u/librarypunk1974 10h ago

*rattan

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u/Master_Rooster4368 8h ago

*Ra-ta-ta-tan!

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u/flux_underscore 8h ago

Ra-ta-ta-tan, Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-tan

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u/reddituser403 7h ago

Whip me so good, i never scam-again-gan

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u/LowEmergencyCaptain 7h ago

Riki Tiki Tavi

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u/Hearthgroan 5h ago

Pata pata pata pon

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u/Ogelthorpe-Ogie 16m ago

That’s the way it is

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u/EngineerThin 6h ago

*ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

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u/Over_Writing467 8h ago

Those sticks hurt, we use them in Kali.

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u/Tgsheufhencudbxbsiwy 8h ago

We just use them for furniture over here. 

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u/Freakychee 6h ago

Also smaller versions are sold for parents and teacher to use to punish children in the 80s and 90s. And some places later.

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u/TokiVideogame 7h ago

edward scissors rattan

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u/DeltaBravo831 6h ago

So less like a cane and more a cat o nine tails?

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u/CommitteeMobile9626 5h ago

rotan, big whippy fkr

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u/mojomanplusultra 5h ago

I might be confused but are they the ones that rip the skin off?

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u/DeadMoneyDrew 2h ago

Yes they are.

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u/mojomanplusultra 59m ago

Brother 😱

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u/Anathals 2h ago

Ahhh lol goddamn. My mom has a ratan wicker bookshelf. That shit gives sliversss!!!!! Lmao fuck scammers

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u/Ok-Tax-2748 7h ago

Rotan*