Swiss Man Gets Caning, Jail Time for Spraying Graffiti in Singapore

Singapore does not take to kindly to people Tagging up the city , or Chewing gum for that matter , and once again a non Resident is going to be Whacked a couple times with a cane !

Caning is a very Harsh and very painful punishment , the Guy delivering the Actual Caning Practices a lot on his technique so that every stroke of the cane is as Powerful as can be , Basically putting every bit of his weight behind the Stroke .

People have been known to pass out after only a few strokes .


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SINGAPORE — Singapore sentenced a Swiss man to three strokes of a cane and five months in prison on Friday for spray-painting graffiti on a subway car.

Oliver Fricker, 32, pleaded guilty earlier in the day to one count each of vandalism and trespassing for breaking into a train depot and drawing graffiti on the subway car on May 16.

Vandalism in Singapore carries a fine of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars ($1,437) or up to three years in jail, in addition to three to eight strokes of a cane.

Singapore reiterated a ban on the sale of chewing gum this year and announced a crackdown on littering last month. The city-state has one of the lowest violent crime rates and highest standards of living in the world.

Singapore caned American teenager Michael Fey for vandalism in 1994 — ignoring pleas for leniency by then-President Bill Clinton — in a case that drew international attention to the country's harsh punishments.