2 Taiwanese face caning for loan shark offences

[Jiang Wei]

Oct 18, 2010

Taiwan concerned over duo
2 Taiwanese face caning for loan shark offences

TAIPEI - TAIWAN is concerned about two Taiwanese men who are to be caned in Singapore after being convicted of loan shark offences, officials said on Monday. Officials from Taiwan's representative office in Singapore have visited the two and helped arrange a trip by their relatives to the city state, said Taiwan's foreign ministry spokesman James Chang.

'We're concerned about the two,' he told AFP. Singaporean police said the duo - Su Wei-ying, 28, and Wu Wei-chun, 24 - had been jailed for 24 months and 21 months respectively, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported. Both were also to receive 15 strokes of the cane for their offences, it said.

When asked to comment specifically on the caning, Mr Chang replied that 'we respect Singapore's law' and urged Taiwanese nationals to abide by the country's laws while staying there. Taiwan does not have diplomatic ties with Singapore but has provided training venues for Singapore's artillery, armoured vehicles and infantry units. -- AFP

 

[scoobyhoo]

taiwan buttocks to be caned here. whether they will be asked to foot the bills of the canes and the labour?

by the way, they could ask the process to be filmed, and then can sell to make money and make themselves famous after they finished their squatting in jail.