Two Malaysian women convicted under strict Islamic law for trying to have sex were caned in public on Monday, a punishment condemned as "atrocious" by human rights activists. The Muslim women, ages 22 ...

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 ...

Authorities in Malaysia caned three Muslim women for having extramarital sex, making them the first women in the country to receive such punishment under Islamic law, an official said Wednesday. The ...

Caning is a punishment dating back to British colonial rule in Singapore and involves being flogged with a rattan stick. Three young British men were sentenced Tuesday to jail time and caning for ...

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 ...

Aceh: An elderly Christian woman has been caned in Aceh for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under the region's strict religious laws. The ...

Michael Fay, an American high school student living in Singapore, finally received his punishment for vandalism and spray painting cars: four lashes across his bare butt with a rattan cane. Prison ...