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Man Gets Jail and Caning for Swimming Back to Singapore Despite Being Deported
Channel News Asia ^ | 29 Feb 2024 | Lydia Lam

Posted on 03/01/2024 1:39:33 AM PST by nickcarraway

Despite being deported back to Batam, Indonesia, for immigration offences, a man paid a boatman 6 million rupiah (S$513) to board his sampan and jumped off midway to swim back to Singapore.

Yusoff Ishak, a 37-year-old Indonesian national, was sentenced to jail for four months and five strokes of the cane on Thursday (Feb 29). He pleaded guilty to one count under the Immigration Act of entering Singapore without a valid pass, with another count of illegally returning to Singapore taken into consideration.

The court heard that Yusoff was sentenced to 10 weeks' jail, four strokes of the cane and fined S$1,000 in January 2022 for entering Singapore illegally and for customs-related offences.

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1 posted on 03/01/2024 1:39:34 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Singapore can’t afford to mess around with an open invasion.


2 posted on 03/01/2024 1:45:01 AM PST by Theophilus (covfefe)
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To: Theophilus

Sounds like a good solution for illegal immigrants here in the US.


3 posted on 03/01/2024 3:08:49 AM PST by bennowens
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To: bennowens
Caning is quite memorable. I had a Singaporean coworker who described it to me as follows:

A rattan cane is soaked overnight in water to ensure pliability. The prisoner is stripped from the waist down and leans over a solid padded object. A leather apron is placed over his back from the waist up to protect the kidneys from any errant strokes. A martial arts expert slaps the cane with full force against the prisoner's backside. By the second or third stork, flesh is broken and the prisoner is scarred for life. A medical expert is on standby to apply alcohol or other medicine to promote healing. In some cases, they will stop the caning or have it done in installments to prevent serious injury.

The prisoner has to squat to dump his mud for the next month or so because it is too painful to sit down.

Most people do not need an encore reminder.

4 posted on 03/01/2024 3:59:04 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Theophilus

Took a lickin’ and kept on kickin’!


5 posted on 03/01/2024 5:11:04 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Theophilus
Yusoff Ishak, a 37-year-old Indonesian national, was sentenced to jail for four months and five strokes of the cane on Thursday (Feb 29). He pleaded guilty to one count under the Immigration Act of entering Singapore without a valid pass, with another count of illegally returning to Singapore taken into consideration.

Jus' doin' the job that 'mericans won't do!

6 posted on 03/01/2024 5:12:12 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: nickcarraway

Good ass whupping with the cane makes the mind right. Should be an automatic punishment...before sentence begins...for all thieves, looters, robbers, purse snatchers, pick pockets etc.


7 posted on 03/01/2024 5:13:14 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: nickcarraway

Texas should fly them to Singapore


8 posted on 03/01/2024 5:22:12 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Elsie

In America we used to hang rapists. Used to that is.


9 posted on 03/01/2024 5:23:11 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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