Word: canings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...newest whipping-boy of our righteous press. As we've all heard ad nauseam, an 18-year old American named Michael Fay has been condemned by Singapore's highest court to four months in prison a $2,600 fine and six lashes with a moistened rattan cane--all for the rather petty crime of vandalizing some automobiles...
...hope you'll visit soon. Just remember when you get here that no chewing gum is permitted, and on the subway from the airport to my house, under no circumstances should you eat or drink anything. After all, you wouldn't want to end up with a cane on your smooth, unscarred, American tuches. But I'm sure you'll understand the inconvenience. Because you understand that in Singapore, we care about law and order. Talk to you soon, and be careful on those American streets! Your content...
...property might be common ways for restless American teenagers to rid themselves of excess energy, it's no laughing matter in Singapore. Michael Fay has been sentenced by the Singapore courts to four months in prison, a $2,300 fine, and six lashes with a half-inch-thick rattan cane...
...caning proposed is no mere slap on the buttocks. Prisoners are tied down to a wooden trestle and whipped by martial arts experts. The skin breaks with the first stroke of the cane, and within seconds, prisoners usually go into shock from the intense pain. Physical scars always remain...
...Singapore an American teenager who pleaded guilty to vandalizing cars and was fined and sentenced to six strokes of a split-bamboo cane and four months in prison, lost his appeal for clemency. President Clinton has urged Singapore to reconsider the penalty...