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I was chatting over dinner with some friends about caning in Singapore. It surprised them that it was still an active form of official punishment.
It got me searching for details on how and when it is administered and I learned that for foreigners overstating their visa by 90 days, caning is the appropriate punishment.
According to Wikipedia, the offender only finds out when they will receive their caning on the day it is carried out. Moreover, during the handing of the punishment, the offender is naked with feet and hands attached, bent over with protection on the lower back and the canning is given on bare butt.
So it is a bit more involved than just a few slaps on the butt.
If given the choice, what would you choose? Deportation or a sore butt? Although, presumably, deportation is also following after the caning in Singapore.
Perhaps, when complaining about the overstay fine in Indonesia, offenders should be glad they didn't do so in Singapore!
It got me searching for details on how and when it is administered and I learned that for foreigners overstating their visa by 90 days, caning is the appropriate punishment.
According to Wikipedia, the offender only finds out when they will receive their caning on the day it is carried out. Moreover, during the handing of the punishment, the offender is naked with feet and hands attached, bent over with protection on the lower back and the canning is given on bare butt.
So it is a bit more involved than just a few slaps on the butt.
If given the choice, what would you choose? Deportation or a sore butt? Although, presumably, deportation is also following after the caning in Singapore.
Perhaps, when complaining about the overstay fine in Indonesia, offenders should be glad they didn't do so in Singapore!