Michael Peter Fay

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Michael Peter Fay (born May 30, 1975) is an American who briefly shot to worldwide notoriety when he was sentenced to judicial caning in Singapore as an 18-year-old in 1994 for theft and vandalism. Caning is a routine court sentence in Singapore but most Americans were unfamiliar with it, and Fay's case was believed to be the first caning involving an American citizen.

The number of cane strokes in his sentence was reduced from six to four after U.S. officials requested leniency. In Singaporean law the maximum number of strokes (this maximum can be ordered for crimes such as rape and robbery, not for theft or vandalism) is 24. The punishment is given on the offender's bare buttocks, strapped on a caning trestle, with a rattan cane.

See also

Replica of canes used in Singapore for judicial punishment.

• Oliver Fricker
• People who made it into the news as a spanker or spankee

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Further reading

• Latif, Asad (1994). The Flogging of Singapore: The Michael Fay Affair. Singapore: Times Books International. ISBN 9812045309
• Baratham, Gopal (1994). The Caning of Michael Fay. Singapore: KRP Publication. ISBN 9810057474
• Reyes, Alejandro (May 25, 1994). Rough Justice: A Caning in Singapore Stirs Up a Fierce Debate About Crime And Punishment, Asiaweek, Hong Kong.
• The Asiaweek Newsmap (April 27, 1994). Asiaweek.
• Chew, Valerie (August 5, 2009). "Michael Fay", Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board.

See also [ People who made it into the news as a spanker or spankee ]

More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Michael_P._Fay ]

See also [ The Caning of Michael Fay ]

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