They’ll beat your ass (literally) if you do anything really stupid.
Remember that American kid who got his caned for vandalism a few years ago?
That was Michael P. Fay who was caned for graffiti in Singapore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay
Weird Al Yankovic did a parody of “Mmmmm mmmmm mmmm mmmm” by the Crash Test Dummies that mentions the story right at the beginning. Hilarious!
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by Weird Al Yankovic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU95v23MQ4c