article_snippet: A Singapore court has sentenced two German men to three strokes of the cane for spray-painting a metro train in the city-state notorious for A Singapore court hardline rules on vandalism.
article_snippet: Caning is a punishment dating back to British colonial rule in Singapore and involves being flogged with a rattan stick which often leaves permanent scars.
highlights_snippet: Singapore court sentences two German men to three strokes of the cane .
  