Originally Posted by Sultana

WTF kind of sentence is this?!? Yeah, that really conveys the outrage of the court.

Originally Posted by Caning - Wikipedia

Judicial caning, carried out with a long rattan rod, was a feature of some colonial judicial systems, particularly in East Asia...

In Singapore, healthy male criminals under 50 years of age can be sentenced to a maximum of 24 strokes of the rotan (rattan) cane on the buttocks; the punishment is mandatory for over 40 offenses, mostly violent crimes, but also some immigration violations, drug violations, and acts of vandalism...

The caning can leave permanent scars on the recipient...

Canes can be manufactured for disciplinary purpose in different sizes and weights, determining the potential severity of the punishment...
For judicial and prison punishment of adult criminals, the Malay Commonwealth nations (including Malaysia and Brunei; similar in neighbouring Thailand and Indonesia) still use the even graver Singapore cane (15 mm diameter, and at about 1.2 m clearly the longest, most other types usually being 60 - 70 cm)...

The victim usually bleeds from the wound at the buttocks, and can get infections if not treated instantly. The victims will almost certainly have to spend days in bed.