KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s government said Friday that scammers will face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes from Dec. 30, under changes to criminal law to deter surging fraud cases.

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a teenager, Olalekan Michael, be given 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a laptop. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel said that the punishment was ...

Two Indian nationals were sentenced to five years and one month in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane each, after pleading guilty to assaulting and robbing two sex workers in separate hotel ...

An e-hailing driver was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 25 strokes of the cane by the High Court here on Wednesday (May 20) after being found guilty of trafficking 24.59kg of cannabis and ...