Singapore personal libertyequalitycaning

Yong Vui Kong v PP

Yong Vui Kong v Public Prosecutor [2015] SGCA 11; [2015] 2 SLR 1129

JurisdictionSingapore

CourtSingapore Court of Appeal

Year2015

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Caning as a punishment is constitutional and does not violate Art 9(1) or Art 12(1) of the Singapore Constitution; even if caning were regarded as torture, the customary international law prohibition on torture does not invalidate validly enacted domestic legislation authorising it.

Area of Law

constitutional

Related Cases

Tan Seng Kee v Attorney-General [2022] 1 SLR 1347; [2022] SGCA 16

Ong Ming Johnson v Attorney-General [2020] SGHC 63

Singapore Democratic Party v Attorney-General [2020] 1 SLR 586

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