Judicial caning in Malaysia is an official form of corporal punishment awarded by the courts. The maximum number of strokes that can be ordered under the criminal law is 24. Two different types of rattan (rotan) canes are used: Thinner rotan, used for white-collar crime such as bribery or criminal breach of trust. Thicker rotan, used for serious offences, particularly violent crime, drug possession, and sexual offences.

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  • Judicial caning in Malaysia is an official form of corporal punishment awarded by the courts. The maximum number of strokes that can be ordered under the criminal law is 24. Two different types of rattan (rotan) canes are used: Thinner rotan, used for white-collar crime such as bribery or criminal breach of trust. Thicker rotan, used for serious offences, particularly violent crime, drug possession, and sexual offences. Malaysian law excludes the following from judicial caning under the criminal law: Women; Men aged 50 and above (except when convicted of rape); Anyone judged unfit by a medical officer, and The insane. Boys aged 10 to 18 may be ordered up to ten strokes with a light cane. In the case of adults, judicial caning under the criminal law is always combined with a term of imprisonment. It is not to be confused with less severe canings ordered by the Muslim religious courts (see below), or with caning in schools, also much less severe, which is lawful and common in Malaysia.
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  • July 2008
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  • Malay
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  • Judicial caning in Malaysia is an official form of corporal punishment awarded by the courts. The maximum number of strokes that can be ordered under the criminal law is 24. Two different types of rattan (rotan) canes are used: Thinner rotan, used for white-collar crime such as bribery or criminal breach of trust. Thicker rotan, used for serious offences, particularly violent crime, drug possession, and sexual offences.
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  • Caning in Malaysia
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