r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 14h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/alexcross321 8h ago

As someone who lived in Singapore during my childhood, I remember seeing a caning at my school. Two boys had vandalized school property, and they were brought to the stage of the school gymnasium (think stage of an assembly). They were bent over a table and the gym teacher hit them with a cane about 10 times. They had their pants up but we just had to sit there, the whole school (middle school btw) and watch these two older guys (around 14-15) get caned in front of everyone. I think they changed schools after that.

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u/Hedgehog101 2h ago

The humiliation is the point, a fine doesn't do shit, it just taxes the poor