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In 1994, a court in Singapore sentenced an American teenager, Michael Fay, to be lashed six times with a cane for violating the Vandalism Act. This caused a temporary strain in relations between Singapore and the United States. Fay was arrested for stealing road signs and vandalizing 18 cars over a ten-day period in September 1993.
Jun 26, 1994 · The teen-ager, Michael P. Fay, said in an interview that the four strokes with a rattan cane on May 5 had left three dark-brown scars on his right buttock and four lines each about half-an-inch...
Aug 2, 2018 · Michael Fay Seems To Be Doing Okay, 24 Years After His Caning Fiasco. Michael Fay was like any other clean-cut, good looking 19-year-old — until he ran into trouble with the law in Singapore in the early 1990s.
Jun 26, 1994 · Michael Fay, the U.S. teen-ager who was caned in Singapore for vandalism, said prison officials told him he shouted “I’m dying!” when the first stroke was delivered but he could not...
Michael Peter Fay (b. 30 May 1975, St. Louis, Missouri, United States–),1 then an American teenager living in Singapore, stirred up a media storm after he was sentenced to six strokes of the cane in March 1994 for vandalising 18 cars over a ten-day period in September 1993.2 His case attracted a lot of international attention, particularly in ...
Aug 20, 2015 · During the spring of 1994, Americans were gripped by an incident in Singapore which unexpectedly became a cause celebre: the caning of Michael Fay, who was sentenced for his role in vandalizing property in Singapore.
Nov 20, 2019 · SINGAPORE - From the Michael Fay vandalism case in 1994 to the City Harvest Church saga in 2015, the public can relive court cases that have gripped society at a gallery in the new State Courts...
Feb 28, 1994 · An 18-year-old American teenager, Michael Peter Fay, was to spend four months in jail, slapped with a S$3,500 fine, and given six strokes of the cane -- all for vandalising cars and stealing...
Jun 27, 1994 · The teen-ager, Michael P. Fay, said in an interview on Saturday that the four strokes with a rattan cane on May 5 had left three dark-brown scars on his right buttock and four lines each about...
Mar 16, 1994 · Singapore has rejected American criticisms of the sentence -- six lashes with a moistened rattan cane -- imposed on 18-year-old Michael Fay of Dayton, Ohio.