SINGAPORE — A father of seven who sexually abused four daughters, raping three of them, and ill-treated a son was sentenced to 33 years, two months jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Friday (18 March).
This includes a seven-month jail term in lieu of 36 strokes of the cane, which cannot be imposed on the man as 24 strokes is the statutory maximum.
For those who feel 24 strokes with a cane is rather light:
The offender shall receive no more than 24 strokes of the cane on any one occasion, irrespective of the total number of offences committed. In other words, a man cannot be sentenced to more than 24 strokes of the cane in a single trial, but he may receive more than 24 strokes if the sentences are given out in separate trials. However, in the first case where a prisoner was received more than 24 strokes in a single trial, armed robber Qwek Kee Chong (who served ten years in prison) was given 48 strokes of the cane on 8 April 1988 and later hospitalised for his grievous injuries from the caning; he was later granted compensation for this error.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore#Legal_basis
The caning officer positions himself beside the trestle. The Director of Prisons explained in a 1974 press conference, “Correct positioning is critically important. If he is too near the prisoner, the tip of the cane will fall beyond the buttocks and the force of the stroke will cause the unsupported tip to dip and bend the cane and thus reduce the effect of the stroke. If he is too far, the stroke will only cover part of the buttocks.” Strokes are delivered at intervals of about 30 seconds. The caning officer is required to exert as much strength as he can muster for each stroke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore#Administration_procedure
Remember, this is in addition to the prison sentence.
Goodness.
This is torture.
Imegine being the person paid to do the caning.
The person doing the caning probably believes in their work. They probably train hard to cane the ever loving shit out of people.
For a child rapist? I’ll do it for free
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Dude would rather spend 7 months in jail than a second round of 12 more lashes.
That’s how bad caning is.
Punishments fit social norms, and balanced against social morals, which evolve. Seems weird, to camlne, from west standards. But we punish in some ways that others seem unfit.
It seems a bit weird to punish raping your own daughters less severely than importing cannabis.
