A video clip of a scuffle between two students at a secondary school in Serangoon last month and a newspaper report about parents’ resistance to teachers disciplining their children had netizens ...

Anyone over the age of 16 who is convicted of a crime on Guam could be sentenced to up to 24 strokes from a bamboo or rattan cane, decided at the discretion of a judge, should a bill introduced Friday ...

Singapore's justice system is notorious for its use of the death penalty, but it also sentences convicts to be caned. Eligible offences include drug trafficking, vandalism, rioting and overstaying a ...

At least two types of rattan canes are used to whip convicted persons in Malaysia. Slender rattan canes are used for persons in white-collar crimes such as fraud, bribery, insider trading or ...