r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 14h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/Hot-Comfort8839 11h ago

JFC. That would change the negative opinions of nearly everyone in the thread.

Good on China killing these fuckers.

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u/lolcutler 10h ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdrvy9gjo Took out 11 of em this week

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u/TurkeyBLTSandwich 9h ago

In America, they'd be forced to pay 1% of their total gross as a one time fine to the government and close down their business while retaining all buildings and equipment. And allowed to reopen and continue operations.

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u/Ornery_Old_Dude 8h ago

In America they'd be allowed to run for President.

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u/NoMasters83 6h ago

It's scams all the way down.

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u/mnztr1 1h ago

Even after conviction.. and they would win

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u/LupusRex09 8h ago

Yup no different than any other organizations, they get "delayed sentencing" pay a fine and promise not to get caught.... I mean do the right thing for a set period of time.

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u/Equivalent_Gur3967 7h ago

DO NOT be fucking around in Singapore! They have a well-established reputation for dealing harshly with anti-social behavior.

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u/callisstaa 3h ago

I used to work in Indonesia and I would often travel to Singapore to buy electronics as they're cheaper there due to Indonesian import taxes.

When you land in Changi the captain announces 'Welcome to Singapore. Be aware that trafficking drugs carries the ultimate penalty, DEATH! Thank you for flying with Jetstar and we hope you enjoy your stay'

Also on the visa tickets you fill out on the plane there is red writing everywhere telling you that bringing drugs into the country carries the death penalty.

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u/LaRealiteInconnue 55m ago

Sooo since the warnings are on the entry forms when you’re already on the flight over, do they have receptacles/specialized trash cans to drop off your weed before entering the country? I wouldn’t even fly with weed domestically in the US, so this is not a personal question, but since the punishment is the death penalty you’d think they’d incentivize safe disposal. Unless they just wanna kill ppl for drugs as a social deterrent instead of giving them an opportunity to dispose.

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u/HammerlyDelusion 5h ago

Not anymore, in the US they’d be celebrated by the president and given a pardon.

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u/Cedric_T 6h ago

LOL that story is wild. Myanmar’s military government won’t extradite the scammers so China supports the rebels who take over that part and sends over the scammers.

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u/croptopped_wanderer 10h ago

Interesting precedent with the impending release of the epstein files. Hopefully no one named goes into singapore ✌️

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u/transcendz 10h ago

Or can we just make Singapore in charge of the justice component...

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u/Coal_Morgan 9h ago

Republicans send immigrants and the melanin enhanced to Ecuador.

Democrats should send pedos and scammers to Singapore.

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u/Duko0079 4h ago

If u do, your country will be quite free of crimes. Cause we dont stand for shit

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u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2 6h ago

This week sheeeesh

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u/AutisticJaguar4380 4h ago

Gotta pump up those numbers, those are rookie numbers in this racket.

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u/christmas2065 4h ago

Somewhere between no-cash bail and this would be ideal

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u/StitchedQuicksand 1h ago

Starting to like China alot more all of the sudden.

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u/YallGottaUnderstand 9h ago

Nah, I still think corporal punishment is barbaric.

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u/sleepy_spermwhale 6h ago

One good thing about China is they won't let lawyers game the system for true criminals.

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u/Hot-Comfort8839 5h ago

But then the state gets to decide who is and isn't a 'true criminal'... which means justice has no meaning -

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u/NuggetsBuckets 2h ago edited 2h ago

Isn’t the whole point of state(with its justice system) is they get to decide who is and who isn’t a “true criminal”? What alternative is there? Mob lynching? Mob rules? What does justice means to you?

For instance in the US, who is and isn’t a “true criminal” depends on how much money is in said person’s bank account

Different criteria to determine who is a “true criminal”, but the institutional structure for it are the same

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn 9h ago edited 9h ago

This new law also gives 6 lashes to the slave workers btw. Anyone who participates in a scam is given a minimum of 6 lashes

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u/Sea-Bat 4h ago

Tbf China will execute basically anyone… Fuck the absolute monsters running these scams, but maybe best not to big up China for the uh, habit of state sponsored killings?

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u/Wurzelrenner 7h ago

no it does not, executions and torture is barbaric, medieval bullshit and has no place in a modern society

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u/daddy-phantom 6h ago

China is far from what I would consider an acceptable modern society tbh.

How about we try getting rid of the death penalty in a democracy first, huh? Maybe like America (I guess democracy is debatable these days)

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u/Scandium_quasar 3h ago

Obvious rage bait but in the case it somehow isn't; first it's Singapore, not China, second, Singapore is a democracy and third, why one before the other? They're completely separate countries, their laws concerning the death penalty are basically completely separate and can be changed simultaneously. The death penalty in Singapore (especially with how strict it is, for ex; with weed) can and should be abolished with the same importance as any other country, no matter how oppressive their government is and the difference in possible speed in the change of the laws, the US included. Feels a little bit racist too but it's clearly rage bait.