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Singapore is making an unprecedented step towards targeting online scammers, who will now face similar punishments for rape and drug trafficking.

On Tuesday, the country’s parliament passed a new law that introduced caning as a penalty for scammers.

Offenders will now receive at least six strokes of the cane – but the mandatory punishment could see convicted fraudsters be handed up to 24 strokes in extreme cases.

In Singapore, corporal punishment is usually reserved for serious offences – such as rape, drug trafficking and illegal moneylending.

But it will only apply to male offenders under the age of 50. Convicted scammers will be tied down as someone canes their ba

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