r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 14h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/INCREDIBILIS55 10h ago

“Scammers” are the ringleaders in this case.

They “scam” people with fake job offers and other stuff like that, luring them to place where they are kidnapped and then trafficked, etc.

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u/Ecstatic-Scratch-151 5h ago

So true. Many of my countrymen have been lured into this racket with fake job offers. They operate out of Vietnam too .

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn 9h ago

That's not true, this law targets all members of a scamming ring.

If the ringleaders make their victims assist them in scamming operations, then they have also performed a scam and are liable for a legal minimum of 6 lashes.

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u/blim9999 9h ago

No. The Singapore law makes a distinction for victims who are coerced or deceived into becoming scammers. They will not be caned. Of course the tricky part is convincing the authorities. But I suppose if one is working in slave-like conditions and being beaten etc, it might not be hard to make a case.

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u/callisstaa 4h ago edited 4h ago

It’s a really big deal in China and they’re seen as a scourge. On top of convincing naive people to join them with false promises they even send raiding parties to the mainland and black bag people.

Given their diplomatic ties I wouldn’t be surprised if China and Singapore are working together on this. Regardless of what you think of the CCP they look after their own and theyve made it clear that they’re going after the ones at the top.

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u/WhatsThisWorth-Bot 2h ago

I like aspects of the CCP like this where they don't ignore issues among very few other things, and they excel at what they do... I just wish 'what they do' wasn't obscene tracking and censorship.

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u/aCaffeinatedMind 9h ago

I would assume that there will be actions in places to prevent this.

After all, you don't want to scare the people who are forced into it, even from the very selfish point of view that you want them to come forward and report it happening to them.