The proposal to bring back the ‘rotan’ (caning) in schools has divided opinion among parents and educators.Those supporting ...

The recent surge of violent incidents in Malaysian schools from the shocking killing of a 16-year-old student in Selangor by ...

Amendments to the Penal Code and other legislation have been proposed to further rationalise Singapore's criminal laws, ...

The Bill also proposes discretionary caning for other forms of cheating, like traditional fraud. Read more at ...

Police chief Walter Mulligan argued that “a wave of holdups stopped suddenly and completely after a few thugs got the lash” ...

He said the ministry had previously issued Circular No. 7/2003: Teachers' Authority to Cane Students, reaffirming that ...

Prevention lies in moral guidance, good role models and proper education about respect for women, says parents group chief Mak Chee Kin.

Three offenders, who applied to have their caning sentences reviewed and set aside, claimed that the punishment is inhumane, cruel and infringes on their rights under the Federal Constitution as it ...

MUKAH: A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in jail and six strokes of the cane after being convicted ...

The call for the return of caning came as some educationists warned that the country’s education system is losing its role as ...

The ongoing debate about abolishing corporal punishment in Sri Lankan schools is lively. It is also deplorable because, as ...