Caning is also a mandatory punishment for certain offences such as rape, drug trafficking, illegal moneylending, [17] and for foreigners who overstay by more than 90 days – a measure designed to deter illegal immigrants. Heavier canes will bite in deeper and will cause more bruising, whereas lighter canes tend to be more flexible. With practice and skill, it is possible to administer a very severe tawsing, while leaving the right bottom cheek relatively unscathed. Pang herself also had her sentence reduced to life due to depression but was not caned due to her being a female. This precedent set by the Chief Justice became a benchmark for sentences in molestation cases, where the court is expected to sentence a molester to at least nine months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane if the offence involves touching the victim's private parts.

A medical officer and the Superintendent of Prisons are required to be present at every caning session.Stilwell Ong Keat Pin, an 18-year-old gang leader who masterminded a fatal gang attack that led to the death of 19-year-old Darren Ng Wei Jie in October 2010. He should be made aware that once logged in the punishment book a punishment becomes 'set in stone' – it will be administered and there is no appeal. Soosay did however, receive six strokes of the cane (plus a four-year jail term) for having inflicted violence while being a member of an unlawful assembly in another murder case (mentioned right below).

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.Gunasegaran, who was plagued with remorse for the killing, surrendered himself to the police 12 years later in 2013, and he was orginally charged with murder before he was ultimately found guilty of robbery with hurt. The body language of your recipient provides more evidence – all self-control is lost as the excruciating agony explodes through pain thresholds.

Both men were arrested two days later and in September 2004, Chua and Tan were each sentenced to life imprisonment and three strokes of the cane. Gobi made a defence that he did not know what he delivered was heroin, as he was told that he was delivering disco drugs mixed with chocolate, which was disbelieved by the prosecution. Unless equipping a professional dungeon, it might be worth considering a whipping bench that is light enough for one person to move. Another example is the transporting of illegal immigrants; a manager of a company who authorises or participates in such activity can be sentenced to caning.While school boys in England feared the cane, their Scottish counterparts were more likely to live in dread of the tawse, a thick leather strap with the business end split into two or three tails.

However, during the same trial, Ng was also sentenced to death for shooting a Cisco officer and two bystanders and cause injury to these three people, and hanged on 14 July 1995 at age 29. You actually don't need an enormous amount of strength to administer a severe cane stroke, it's more to do with technique. Narayanasamy Jairam, Ganesan Suppiah and Amuthan Murugasu, three of the four youths who were charged with the murder of a 48-year-old taxi driver Jaswant Singh in May 1988.On the other hand, Micheal Anak Garing, the fourth member and mastermind of the murder, was given the death penalty for murder and executed on 22 March 2019 after his plea for clemency failed; he did not receive caning since caning is not allowed for prisoners awaiting execution by the state. I understand that, while the early strokes might be bearable, the build-up of pain as the birching progresses can be quite pronounced.