KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Sessions Court has sentenced four men, including two police corporals, to 12 years in prison and five strokes of the cane for robbing a businessman of RM1.1 million in cash four years ago.

SINGAPORE, May 9 — A Malaysian boatman has been sentenced to four months and six weeks’ jail, and three strokes of the cane by a district court after he was arrested last month for illegally entering Singapore waters, according to local media.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 — The Malaysian Bar today urged the Terengganu government and the federal government to reconsider public caning by reviewing and amending laws that permit such punishments to ensure they are proportionate, rehabilitative, and considerate of human dignity.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 8 — The Federal Court has reserved its decision on whether judges can order concurrent instead of consecutive caning sentences for offenders convicted of multiple offences.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 — A trader was sentenced to 15 years in prison and given nine strokes of the rotan by the Court of Appeal today for raping, committing unnatural sex and sexually assaulting his 13-year-old cousin two years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 21 — The government through the Legal Affairs Division and the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) is studying alternative punishments to replace caning which is seen as cruel and inhumane.