Caning is a widely used form of corporal punishment in Singapore. It can be divided into several contexts:judicial,prison,reformatory,military,school and domestic. These practices of caning as punishment were introduced during the period of British colonial rule in Singapore. Similar forms of corporal punishment are also used in some other former British colonies,including two of Singapore's neighbouring countries,Malaysia and Brunei.
Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging,and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder,drug trafficking,terrorism,use of firearms and kidnapping—warrant the death penalty under Singapore law.
Woo Bih Li is a Singaporean lawyer who has been serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore since 2003.
Tay Yong Kwang is a Singaporean judge of the Supreme Court. He was first appointed Judicial Commissioner in 1997,appointed Judge in 2003,and appointed Judge of Appeal in 2016. He was noted for being the presiding judge in several notable cases that shocked the nation and made headlines in Singapore. He was most recently re-appointed for a further two year term on the Court of Appeal from 3 September 2024.
Lai Kew Chai was a Singaporean judge and the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court Bench,having served for almost 25 years as a Judge.
Choo Han Teck is a Singaporean judge of the Supreme Court. He was formerly a lawyer before his appointment to the court as a judge. It was revealed in 2021 that Choo was one of the defence lawyers representing Adrian Lim,the infamous Toa Payoh child killer who was executed in 1988 for charges of murdering a girl and boy as ritual sacrifices. In 1994,Choo also defended Phua Soy Boon,a jobless Singaporean who was hanged in 1995 for killing a moneylender.
Caning is used as a form of corporal punishment in Malaysia. It can be divided into at least four contexts:judicial/prison,school,domestic,and sharia/syariah. Of these,the first is largely a legacy of British colonial rule in the territories that are now part of Malaysia,particularly Malaya.
The Arms Offences Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that criminalizes the illegal possession of arms and ammunition and the carrying,trafficking,and usage of arms. The law is designed specifically to make acts of ownership,knowingly receiving payment in connection with the trade of a trafficked armaments and ammunition,as well as the unlawful usage of arms and ammunition a criminal offence.
Punch Coomaraswamy was a Singaporean judge,diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1966 and 1970,and Singapore Ambassador to the United States between 1976 and 1984.
Chan Seng Onn is a Singaporean judge who presently serves as a Senior Judge of the High Court of Singapore. Formerly a prosecutor,Chan had previously served as a High Court judge from 2007 to 2022.
Life imprisonment is a legal penalty in Singapore. This sentence is applicable for more than forty offences under Singapore law,such as culpable homicide not amounting to murder,attempted murder,kidnapping by ransom,criminal breach of trust by a public servant,voluntarily causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons,and trafficking of firearms,in addition to caning or a fine for certain offences that warrant life imprisonment.
On 25 November 2016,at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal,Singapore,during a heated argument,Ahmad Muin bin Yaacob,a 23-year-old Malaysian cleaner,killed his 54-year-old supervisor Maimunah binte Awang by stabbing her with a pair of grass cutters and bludgeoning her on the head repeatedly. He stole Maimunah's jewellery and abandoned her body in a drain before he fled back to his hometown in Pasir Puteh,Kelantan,Malaysia. He pawned some of the jewellery for money to afford his wedding expenses. Ahmad was arrested by the Royal Malaysia Police a month later on 18 December 2016,merely nine days after his marriage. Ahmad was extradited back to Singapore the next day to be charged with intentional murder. On 4 November 2020,Ahmad was found guilty of a lesser charge of murder in his trial and he was sentenced to the minimum sentence of life imprisonment and eighteen strokes of the cane,after the prosecution agreed to not argue for the death penalty in his case.
The Tiong Bahru bus hijacking occurred on 29 November 1979 in Singapore. Two armed men,in an attempt to escape arrest for an earlier robbery,took hostages and then hijacked a bus,while exchanging gunfire with police. The incident ended when one of the men was wounded then committed suicide,and the other surrendered to the authorities.
Kelvin Lim Hock Hin,a Singaporean citizen,is a convicted sex offender who committed various sexual offences against young boys between 1988 and 1996.
Bala Kuppusamy,a Singaporean citizen,is a convicted robber and serial rapist who had committed various offences of rape,robbery and molestation from 1985 to 2008. His first offence of raping and robbing a 19-year-old woman in 1985 led to him being sentenced to 11 years' jail and 28 strokes of the cane,and his second conviction for sexually assaulting two students and four robberies led to him sentenced to 23 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
Azuar bin Ahamad was a Singaporean and convicted sex offender who was charged in 2009 with raping 22 women,whom he targeted through internet use and met them,spiking their drinks and sexually assaulted them. Azuar's crime spree lasted between December 2008 and August 2009 before he was caught. Following his plea of guilt,Azuar was found guilty of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration,while 29 other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. He was previously convicted and jailed for molestation back in 2003.
