Flogging is a widespread punishment for criminal offenses in Singapore, and is now being introduced for fraudsters
Fraudsters u Singapore will receive at least six blows with the rod, and for more serious crimes, up to 24 blows are foreseen.
This is how the new changes to the criminal code in a country where punishment with the rod has long been legally prescribed for numerous crimes.
On Tuesday, November 4, it was decided that in the future this kind of punishment will also be imposed for fraud, as the country has lost about four billion Singapore dollars through fraud in the last six years.
Among those who will be fined will be union members and recruiters, as well as those who help them, such as money transfer brokers who make available their bank accounts, SIM cards or credentials.
They are facing up to 12 blows.
The tougher penalties for fraud come after the Criminal Law Act was passed by Parliament on 4 November.
Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Sim An said fraud is by far the most prevalent type of crime in Singapore, accounting for 60 percent of all reported crimes.
She said that between 2020 and the first half of 2025, about 190.000 cases were reported, with losses amounting to about S$3,7 billion.
According to data provided by the police to The Straits Times, at least S$187,1 million was lost to fraud between July and September this year.
This brings the total amount of fraud losses from 2020 to September 2025 to at least S$3,88 billion.
The law allows discretionary whipping for other forms of fraud, such as traditional fraud, sexual offenses, and it can also be imposed on minor perpetrators of criminal acts.
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Sim said that although caning was introduced for fraud, it has been abolished for certain crimes for which it was applied until now.
Caning is a widely used form of corporal punishment in Singapore.
There are 96 offenses that attract discretionary whipping and 65 with mandatory whipping.
With the new changes to the law, whipping will be abolished for eight offenses, among which are blocking the carriage and endangering the safety of passengers under the Railway Act.
Similar forms of corporal punishment are used in some other former British colonies, including two neighboring countries of Singapore - Malaysia and Brunei.
Source: The Straits Times
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