Dokument #1132377
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The IRBDC has no currently available
information on the law or policy of Singapore with regard to
foreign nationals caught in transit with false documents. The
attached articles explain the amendment to the Immigration Act of
31 March 1989 which specifies a mandatory three month prison
sentence as well as three strokes of the cane for foreign workers
who overstay their permits or are working clandestinely. According
to the attached report from Le Monde, a single stroke of the
cane is sufficient to cause a "tough guy" to faint and the wounds
will take a week to heal.
Keesing's Record of World Events.
1989. Vol. 35, No. 11, p. 37085.
Sabatier, Patrick. 1-2 avril 1989. "Le
sauve-qui-peut des clandestins face au supplice de la canne." Le
Monde.