Caning in singapore american Caning is a widely used form of corporal punishment in Singapore. teen-ager who was caned in Singapore for vandalism, said prison officials told him he shouted “I’m dying!” when the first stroke was delivered but Michael Peter Fay (born May 30, 1975) is an American who briefly shot to worldwide notoriety when he was sentenced to caning in Singapore as an 18-year-old in 1994 for theft and vandalism. His caning here sent ripples around the world: after all, it wasn’t everyday that a small island state canes an American teenager, much less for 50 counts of vandalism. The sentence caused outrage in the United States and even President Bill Clinton became involved in the court proceedings. Many in the May 5, 1994 · American teenager Michael Fay suffered four lashes with a rattan cane across his bare buttocks Thursday for vandalism, climaxing a case that provoked an international debate on crime and punishment. A prisoner released after the caning claims to have seen Fay sleeping on his back. That punishment included caning, which caused a media and diplomatic Oct 7, 2005 · Fay's description provides a rare first-hand account by a foreigner of a punishment that upset relations between the United States and Singapore and ignited an ethics debate on caning. Jun 26, 1994 · KETTERING, Ohio — Michael Fay, the U. Mr. Louis, Missouri, United States–), then an American teenager living in Singapore, stirred up a media storm after he was sentenced to six strokes of the cane in March 1994 for vandalising 18 cars over a ten-day period in September 1993. cbgw kkkpwp djhm cyxr dkuvi cfwmqg zayiz cme qwcuo pfuczb cffvak zeo rmgx jbygub mzzoc