ÿþ<html> <head><title>WORLD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT NEWS CHRONOLOGY 2009</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-16"> <META name="description" content="News items for 2010 on formal corporal punishment around the world (school paddling, spanking and caning, judicial flogging and whipping, CP in prisons, institutions)"> </head> <body> <a href="index.htm"><img src="corpun.gif" alt="corpun" border=0></a><img src="wcpr.gif" alt="World Corporal Punishment Research"><br> <center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" size="+1" color="#008040"><i><B>www.corpun.com</B></i></font></center> <p><img src="rainbow.gif" width="100%" height=5> <TABLE BGCOLOR="#FFFFbb" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <FONT FACE="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif"><SMALL> <A HREF="index.htm"><STRONG><i>www.corpun.com</i></STRONG></A>&nbsp;:&nbsp;<A HREF="newsdesk.htm">News</a> &nbsp;:&nbsp;Chronology 2010</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> <h2 align="center"><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" color="#cc00ff">NEWS CHRONOLOGY 2010</font></h2> <h3 align="center"><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" color="#cc00ff">All 2010's news items so far, for all countries, in a single date sequence</font></h3> <hr size="1"><hr size="4" noshade> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="5%" bgcolor="#00ffff"> &nbsp; </td> <td valign="top" width="90%" bgcolor="#bdf7bd"> <br> <B><P><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">2008</FONT></P> </B> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial"> <A HREF="#jan">January</A> -- 7 items<BR> <A HREF="#feb">February</A> -- 11 items<BR> <A HREF="#mar">March</A> -- 12 items<BR> <A HREF="#apr">April</A> -- 19 items<BR> <A HREF="#may">May</A> -- 18 items<BR> <A HREF="#jun">June</A> -- 17 items<BR> <A HREF="#jul">July</A> -- 12 items<BR> <A HREF="#aug">August </A> -- 21 items<BR> <A HREF="#sep">September</A> -- 11 items<BR> <A HREF="#oct">October</A> -- 17 items<BR> <A HREF="#nov">November</A> -- 19 items<BR> <A HREF="#dec">December</A> -- 20 items </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR><A NAME="jan"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">January 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>04 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: <A HREF="10archive/ukd01001.htm#21929">Smacking 'makes your child more successful'</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Claims made for not spanking are not consistent with the data, finds study</FONT></I></P> <P>06 JAN....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/usd01001.htm#22120">Study: Spanking may not be all bad for children</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Spanked kids had highest rate of academic achievement</FONT></I></P> <P>11 JAN....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/mys01001.htm#22043">Maintain strict discipline to achieve excellence, principals told</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Caning is "an influential factor in all successful schools"</FONT></I></P> <P>13 JAN....CANADA: <A HREF="10archive/cad01001.htm#21957">A good spanking</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Columnist considers research into spanking and cultural differences</FONT></I></P> <P>14 JAN....CANADA: <A HREF="10archive/cad01001.htm#22031">Spanking bans: bad for kids and society</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Don't diminish parental rights, warns writer</FONT></I></P> <P>22 JAN....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/usd01001.htm#22029">Spare the Spanking, Spoil the Report Card?</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Study "undermines rationale for banning spanking", says writer</FONT></I></P> <P>27 JAN....BOTSWANA: <A HREF="10archive/bwj01001.htm#22028">Police Commissioner to hand two flogging dockets to DPP</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Attorney-General lays down the law on JCP</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="feb"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">February 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>03 FEB....BOTSWANA: <A HREF="10archive/bwj01002.htm#22022">Bailiffs to administer corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Courts are recruiting applicants to deliver canings</FONT></I></P> <P>03 FEB....UNITED KINGDOM: <A HREF="10archive/uki01002.htm#22066">Registrar offered fake degrees for spanking</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Suspended sentence for man who filmed himself caning women</FONT></I></P> <P>04 FEB....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01002.htm#22020">School Board asks: To spank or not to spank?</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Paddling at issue in a Florida district</FONT></I></P> <P>05 FEB....PAKISTAN: <A HREF="10archive/pkj01002.htm#22034">New video shows Taliban flogging men, boy</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Offenders are filmed receiving public unofficial JCP</FONT></I></P> <P>05 FEB....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01002.htm#22019">Paddling students still common in New Mexico</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Mother claims boy's punishment was excessive</FONT></I></P> <P>06 FEB....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01002.htm#22040">Some Ky. schools still use paddling as disciplinary measure for students</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Suspensions "have not been effective"</FONT></I></P> <P>10 FEB....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01002.htm#22051">La Vega principal's arrest puts spotlight on corporal punishment policies</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>650 Texas school districts allow paddling</FONT></I></P> <P>17 FEB....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01002.htm#22069">Teacher suspended without pay for spanking student</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Alabama district permits it, but parent had asked for exemption</FONT></I></P> <P>18 FEB....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01002.htm#22164">3 women caned for having illicit sex</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>First-ever religious CP of women is carried out</FONT></I></P> <P>18 FEB....TONGA: <A HREF="10archive/toj01002.htm#22068">Tongan teens appeal flogging</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Two boys sentenced to be whipped</FONT></I></P> <P>19 FEB....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01002.htm#22087">Caning 'has done us a world of good'</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Women say they are grateful for punishment</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="mar"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">March 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>02 MAR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01003.htm#22080">Fed suit seeks state paddling ban</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Paddled schoolboy, 16, wants Mississippi to outlaw school CP</FONT></I></P> <P>03 MAR....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01003.htm#22088">Student caned for stealing goat</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Court order of 12 strokes for 21-year-old is carried out in public</FONT></I></P> <P>04 MAR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01003.htm#22089">Teachers in Fountain Lake want corporal punishment</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>40 Arkansas teachers say "bring back spanking"</FONT></I></P> <P>09 MAR....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01003.htm#22144">25 years' jail, 24 strokes for rapist</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Court orders maximum penalty for 27-year-old who bound and gagged his victim</FONT></I></P> <P>10 MAR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01003.htm#22137">To spank or not: Gaston one of few school districts still using the paddle</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Map shows incidence of school CP in different N. Carolina counties</FONT></I></P> <P>11 MAR....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01003.htm#22149">Geylang knife attack: Jail, caning for gang of 7</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Seven young gangsters, pictured, receive heavy caning sentences after knife fight leads to death</FONT></I></P> <P>11 MAR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/usr01003.htm#22135">Hess: No criminal case at reform school</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>No proof that long-ago Florida spankings were abusive, says state; 1974 photo shows paddle and strap</FONT></I></P> <P>15 MAR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01003.htm#22132">Columbus County Schools: Spanking and the drop-out rate</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A district in North Carolina that uses the paddle has fewer school drop-outs</FONT></I></P> <P>16 MAR....BOTSWANA: <A HREF="10archive/bwj01003.htm#22127">"Give me back my trousers"</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>27-year-old gets three strokes for attacking his cousin in domestic dispute</FONT></I></P> <P>19 MAR....BOTSWANA: <A HREF="10archive/bwj01003.htm#22140">The wages of theft</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>"Three strokes on the bare buttocks" for thief, 24</FONT></I></P> <P>21 MAR....AUSTRALIA: <A HREF="10archive/aud01003.htm#22167">Australia to defy the ban</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Govt rejects UN pressure to outlaw spanking at home</FONT></I></P> <P>29 MAR....MYANMAR (BURMA): <A HREF="10archive/mmi01003.htm#22288">Burma bus company told to 'stop caning drivers'</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>On-the-spot corporal punishment for drivers and conductors who let too many passengers on buses</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="apr"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">April 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>01 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22462">Senior Suspended For Skimpy Prom Dress</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>17 students paddled in AL for inappropriate attire</FONT></I></P> <P>08 APR....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01004.htm#22212">Cook gets one year, whipping for consuming liquor</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>24-year-old, pictured, gets rare Shariah caning sentence for alcohol</FONT></I></P> <P>08 APR....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01004.htm#22208">Duo get jail, cane for loan shark activities</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Twentysomethings, pictured, sentenced to receive 8 and 10 strokes</FONT></I></P> <P>13 APR....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01004.htm#22209">Man who splashed acid on wife gets six years' jail</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>And two strokes of rotan for husband, 47, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>14 APR....AUSTRALIA: <A HREF="10archive/aus01004.htm#22187">Give 'em a smack</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Northern Territory hasn't outlawed school CP, but officials say it's not used</FONT></I></P> <P>14 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22189">School Board's ban on paddling draws mixed reviews</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A Florida school board abandons CP</FONT></I></P> <P>15 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22218">Bill to limit school paddlings shelved</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Louisiana House rejects limitations on school CP</FONT></I></P> <P>15 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22303">Houston Man Paddles New York Congresswoman</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>But only metaphorically. Federal bill seeks to outlaw school CP</FONT></I></P> <P>16 APR....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01004.htm#22334">Man gets jail, rotan for cheating company staff</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>39-year-old, pictured, ordered to receive 7 strokes of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>16 APR....SWAZILAND: <A HREF="10archive/szs01004.htm#22196">Only 4 strokes please - Education Ministry</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Article sets out official rules for school canings</FONT></I></P> <P>16 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22298">Paddling still used as punishment in schools</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Report on CP in Texas</FONT></I></P> <P>16 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22191">Texas city takes a swat at student misbehavior with an old custom</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Restoration of CP in Temple, TX is a success</FONT></I></P> <P>18 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22199">High school paddling: 'It Works' teachers say</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Students interviewed in Temple, TX</FONT></I></P> <P>19 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22203">Corporal Punishment legal in Texas, lawmaker in D.C. wants to ban it</A> <i><b>(with video clip)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Texas school districts' paddling policies vary</FONT></I></P> <P>21 APR....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01004.htm#22210">Youth gets five years, two strokes for statutory rape</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>19-year-old, pictured, had sex with underage girl</FONT></I></P> <P>24 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22205">Paddling not controversial at local schools</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Only with parental permission in many Texas districts</FONT></I></P> <P>27 APR....US VIRGIN ISLANDS: <A HREF="10archive/vis01004.htm#22216">Teachers protest superintendent's policies</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Local authority trying to stop paddling, but teachers object</FONT></I></P> <P>28 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01004.htm#22215">Parent: Written policy on spanking needed</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>CP policy challenged in a N. Carolina district</FONT></I></P> <P>29 APR....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/usd01004.htm#22296">When does discipline become a crime?</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Father, 37, pictured, spanked boy, 12, for fifteen minutes</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="may"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">May 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>01 MAY....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01005.htm#22360">Sex predator of underage girls gets 13 years' jail, six strokes</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Caning sentence for 27-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>02 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22213">Three strikes and you're ... sore: A look at corporal punishment in area schools</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>An Alabama paper gives local paddling details</FONT></I></P> <P>05 MAY....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01005.htm#22339">Cake seller gets jail and cane for robbing student</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Three strokes of the rotan for 21-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>06 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22229">Substitute teacher takes a swing at reviving corporal punishment in Dallas ISD</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Attempt to reintroduce CP after 5 years of abolition</FONT></I></P> <P>06 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22231">East Texans split over corporal punishment</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Several local areas still use the paddle</FONT></I></P> <P>07 MAY....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01005.htm#22351">7 years' jail, 6 strokes of the cane for killing flat-mate</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Sentenced 33-year-old is pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>07 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22232">Paddling crusader loses sub job</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Teacher campaining for restoration of CP in Dallas is sacked</FONT></I></P> <P>12 MAY....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01005.htm#22329">Indonesian cab driver gets eight years' jail and 10 strokes</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Possessor of drugs, 35, is pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>14 MAY....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01005.htm#22350">30 months' jail and 6 strokes of the cane for slashing his mother</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Offender, 23, pictured, described as "anti-social personality"</FONT></I></P> <P>15 MAY....NEW ZEALAND: <A HREF="10archive/nzs01005.htm#22235">Bring the cane back in schools -- survey</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Half the population wants school CP restored</FONT></I></P> <P>20 MAY....BOTSWANA: <A HREF="10archive/bwj01005.htm#22275">Males decry corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Four men, caned by court, complain that women are not subject to JCP</FONT></I></P> <P>20 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22236">Saltillo student paddled, school apologizes</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Elementary boy in MS was on the "Do not paddle" list</FONT></I></P> <P>21 MAY....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01005.htm#22327">Whipping added to habitual thief's sentence</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>35-year-old recidivist, pictured, gets three strokes of the cane on appeal</FONT></I></P> <P>22 MAY....FIJI: <A HREF="10archive/fjj01005.htm#22274">Village headmen discuss flogging</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Proposed guidelines would allow village meetings to order JCP</FONT></I></P> <P>26 MAY....SWAZILAND: <A HREF="10archive/szs01005.htm#22273">30 primary school pupils whipped for relationships</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Students aged 11 to 16 punished in hour-long caning ceremony</FONT></I></P> <P>26 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22266">Parents given final say in disciplinary action in Florence schools</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Parents may now opt out of spanking in an AL district</FONT></I></P> <P>28 MAY....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01005.htm#22272">No grade below 55 among school policy changes</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Parents now to be notified before CP in a N. Carolina district</FONT></I></P> <P>30 MAY....AFGHANISTAN: <A HREF="10archive/afj01005.htm#22297">Child Brides Escape Marriage, but Not Lashes</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Teen girls flogged for escaping forced marriages</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="jun"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">June 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>02 JUN....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01006.htm#22356">Man molested girl on date, slashed woman</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Four years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane for 22-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>03 JUN....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01006.htm#22355">Jail, caning for molesting three women</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Army conscript, 20, pictured, gets 12 months and 9 strokes</FONT></I></P> <P>09 JUN....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01006.htm#22324">Jobless men get 12 years' jail, whipping for drug possession</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Twentysomethings, pictured, each to receive 10 strokes of the rotan</FONT></I></P> <P>11 JUN....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01006.htm#22316">Rape and kidnap: Man gets 16 years' jail, whipping</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A three-stroke caning for 29-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>12 JUN....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/usr01006.htm#22367">Former student sheds light on Heritage Boys Academy</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Youth who at 16 was sent to Florida institution describes paddlings, says his time there did him good</FONT></I></P> <P>15 JUN....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01006.htm#22409">Teenager gets jail, cane for robbing boy</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Three years in prison and three strokes</FONT></I></P> <P>17 JUN....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01006.htm#22410">La Vega Elementary School principal not indicted in student's paddling</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Punishment was lawful, court holds</FONT></I></P> <P>18 JUN....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01006.htm#22373">Car theft suspect granted bail, another gets strokes of cane</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>23-year-old is flogged in front of the shop where he stole money</FONT></I></P> <P>22 JUN....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01006.htm#22323">Man sentenced to 10 years' jail, 10 strokes for drug possession</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>35-year-old cannabis offender is pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>23 JUN....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01006.htm#22372">Student flogged in open court for theft</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Offender, 17, receives 12 strokes of the cane there and then</FONT></I></P> <P>24 JUN....TANZANIA: <A HREF="10archive/tzj01006.htm#22403">No reprieve for jailed Kasusura</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Appeal court confirms sentence 35 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for armed robber</FONT></I></P> <P>25 JUN....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01006.htm#22354">Man with pistol gets 12 years, 17 strokes</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>42-year-old, pictured, had a firearm and ammunition, also contraband cigarettes</FONT></I></P> <P>26 JUN....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01006.htm#22310">Swiss vandal gets 5 months, 3 strokes</A> <I><B>(with video clips)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Nation scandalised by graffiti attack on trains; videos show offender outside court, how the crime was carried out, brief remarks by his lawyer</FONT></I></P> <P>27 JUN....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01006.htm#22363">Spanking proposal stirs up feelings</A> <I><B>(with video clips)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Memphis school board member urges reintroduction of CP</FONT></I></P> <P>29 JUN....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01006.htm#22362">Legislation to Ban Corporal Punishment in Schools Hits Congress</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>New York politician seeks nationwide abolition</FONT></I></P> <P>30 JUN....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01006.htm#22313">Duo get jail, cane for hurting colleague</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Pair in their twenties, pictured, must receive three strokes each</FONT></I></P> <P>30 JUN....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01006.htm#22347">Jail, cane and fine for crimes</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>21-year-old, pictured, is awarded six strokes of the cane for a string of offences</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="jul"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">July 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>01 JUL....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01007.htm#22353">Transvestite killer gets 7 years' jail, 8 strokes</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>28-year-old, pictured, is first to be caned for manslaughter</FONT></I></P> <P>05 JUL....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01007.htm#22412">Georgia still won't spare the rod</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Dozens of GA school districts still have paddling on the books</FONT></I></P> <P>07 JUL....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01007.htm#22413">Former prisoner returns for whipping sentence</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>36-year-old drug abuser had been released but gets another 1 month so that 10 strokes of the rotan can be applied</FONT></I></P> <P>07 JUL....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01007.htm#22375">Court refuses to stop paddlings in Mississippi</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Spanked 16-year-old's application is rejected</FONT></I></P> <P>10 JUL....BANGLADESH: <A HREF="10archive/bdj01007.htm#22525">Landmark ruling outlaws fatwas</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>High Court holds that extrajudicial religious floggings are illegal</FONT></I></P> <P>10 JUL....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01007.htm#22520">Where Singapore, Switzerland differ</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Swiss President, visiting Singapore, declines to intercede in Oliver Fricker caning case</FONT></I></P> <P>12 JUL....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01007.htm#22417">School board says no to paddling</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Push to restore CP in Memphis fails</FONT></I></P> <P>13 JUL....TRINIDAD: <A HREF="10archive/ttj01007.htm#22376">Subhas: Strokes on table for gunmen</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Govt to make JCP mandatory for gun-related crime</FONT></I></P> <P>14 JUL....TONGA: <A HREF="10archive/toj01007.htm#22419">Tonga overturns flogging sentence</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Two 17-year-olds also have prison terms reduced by appeal court</FONT></I></P> <P>20 JUL....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01007.htm#22517">24 strokes, jail for repeat offender who threatened cops</A> <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Maximum sentence for youth, 19, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>20 JUL....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01007.htm#22453">[TPS staffer fired for chronic absenteeism]</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Paddling abolished in an OK school district</FONT></I></P> <P>29 JUL....BANGLADESH: <A HREF="10archive/bdj01007.htm#22407">Two caned, fined for teasing girl</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Community meeting agrees punishment for youths aged 20 and 21</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="aug"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">August 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>02 AUG....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01008.htm#22452">Private school creates foundation with the building blocks of success</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Texas Christian school employs spankings</FONT></I></P> <P>04 AUG....SUDAN: <A HREF="10archive/sdj01008.htm#22433">Sudan sentences 19 men for wearing women's clothes</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>30 lashes and a fine each for "breaking moral codes"</FONT></I></P> <P>05 AUG....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01008.htm#22456">ATM Fraud: 2 Get 6-Month Jail Term Each Or N2,000 Fine</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Court also sentences 22-year-olds to 10 strokes of the cane each</FONT></I></P> <P>05 AUG....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01008.htm#22445">To paddle or not to paddle students</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Background to federal-level anti-CP push in Congress</FONT></I></P> <P>07 AUG....SOUTH KOREA: <A HREF="10archive/krs01008.htm#22451">Corporal punishment ban to begin</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Caning is outlawed in the province surrounding the capital</FONT></I></P> <P>09 AUG....BANGLADESH: <A HREF="10archive/bds01008.htm#22449">Bangladesh bans corporal punishment in all schools</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Government move follows High Court order to stop caning</FONT></I></P> <P>12 AUG....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/mys01008.htm#22537">"Expedite guideline on discipline in schools"</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Teachers' union calls on govt to restore caning powers to individual teachers</FONT></I></P> <P>13 AUG....BOTSWANA: <A HREF="10archive/bwj01008.htm#22701">Shaped with a whip</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>20-year-old, pictured, "moans and groans" as he gets five lashes in court</FONT></I></P> <P>13 AUG....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01008.htm#22535">Man gets five years' jail and five strokes for causing hurt</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>32-year-old, pictured, attacked colleague with machete</FONT></I></P> <P>13 AUG....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/mys01008.htm#22536">"Certain teachers are authorised to cane"</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>But only those with written approval from principal or headmaster</FONT></I></P> <P>14 AUG....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01008.htm#22516">Five youths convicted of aggravated outrage of modesty</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>17-to-21-year-olds who attacked girl are given jail sentences and canings</FONT></I></P> <P>16 AUG....FIJI: <A HREF="10archive/fjj01008.htm#22577">Drug farmers face the cane</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Youths who cultivate marihuana will be spanked under new village law</FONT></I></P> <P>16 AUG....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01008.htm#22468">School board reviews corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A North Carolina district keeps the paddle but changes the rules</FONT></I></P> <P>18 AUG....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01008.htm#22479">Jailed -- drunk labourer who raped woman</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>10 years' jail and 7 strokes of the rotan for "sex fiend", 32, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>21 AUG....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01008.htm#22527">Man and sons jailed for rape</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Man who raped daughter is spared the rotan but his two twentysomething sons, pictured, are ordered to receive 24 strokes each</FONT></I></P> <P>23 AUG....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01008.htm#22485">Should U.S. ban paddling school kids?</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A view from Louisiana, where 56 of 70 school systems permit CP</FONT></I></P> <P>26 AUG....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01008.htm#22486">69 years for rape of siblings</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>12 strokes of the rotan for bogus traditional healer, 63, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>27 AUG....ISRAEL: <A HREF="10archive/ilj01008.htm#22752">'Sinner' singer given 39 lashes by rabbis</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>"Rabinnic court" in battle against musical performances</FONT></I></P> <P>28 AUG....SWITZERLAND: <A HREF="10archive/chi01008.htm#22489">Whipping for recruits: Shock video from Biere barracks</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Corporal punishment scandal in the Swiss Army</FONT></I></P> <P>29 AUG....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01008.htm#22504">Minor flogged for hawking in Abuja</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Mobile court gives boy seven strokes of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>31 AUG....THAILAND: <A HREF="10archive/ths01008.htm#22478">Thai Catholic School Teacher Caught Caning Students</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Boys seen being disciplined at boarding school</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="sep"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">September 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>01 SEP....SOUTH KOREA: <A HREF="10archive/krs01009.htm#22501">Corporal punishment: 'sudden end'</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>School CP to be banned in Seoul itself</FONT></I></P> <P>06 SEP....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01009.htm#22503">His youngest victim is only 10</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Molester, 23, pictured, is given 12 strokes of the cane and 8 years' jail</FONT></I></P> <P>07 SEP....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01009.htm#22547">Local man jailed, whipped for gang robbery</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>25-year-old, pictured, is ordered to receive two strokes of the rotan</FONT></I></P> <P>07 SEP....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01009.htm#22500">Board gets first look at new budget</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A district in N. Carolina decides to stop paddling</FONT></I></P> <P>09 SEP....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01009.htm#22499">Thomasville officials mull spanking policy</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Another North Carolina district discusses paddling</FONT></I></P> <P>10 SEP....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01009.htm#22546">Filipino jailed four months and whipped three times for illegal entry into Sabah</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Illegal immigrant is pictured after sentence</FONT></I></P> <P>10 SEP....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01009.htm#22495">Schools average in paddling</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>CP situation in various Mississippi districts</FONT></I></P> <P>21 SEP....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01009.htm#22560">Paddling as Punishment, How Schools Stack Up</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Views differ in Arkansas, where some school administrators still support CP</FONT></I></P> <P>24 SEP....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01009.htm#22521">Robber in goldsmith heist jailed 7 years</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Plus 12 strokes of the cane for 35-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>29 SEP....SOUTH KOREA: <A HREF="10archive/krs01009.htm#23065">Top educator in Busan backs corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>She does not agree with her Seoul colleagues' ban</FONT></I></P> <P>30 SEP....SOUTH AFRICA: <A HREF="10archive/zai01009.htm#22799">Youngsters allege abuse by police</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Two teen boys, pictured, say they were whipped on the backside in police station</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="oct"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">October 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>04 OCT....ZIMBABWE: <A HREF="10archive/zwj01010.htm#22610">15-year-old gets four lashes for fondling minor</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Boy ordered to be caned in the prison</FONT></I></P> <P>05 OCT....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01010.htm#22565">Fatal mobile phone heist: Duo get 15 yrs and 15 strokes</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Severe canings ordered for two 27-year-olds, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>05 OCT....SOUTH AFRICA: <A HREF="10archive/zai01010.htm#22909">Policemen allegedly beat boy on back and buttocks</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>16-year-old, pictured, says he was assaulted at police station</FONT></I></P> <P>06 OCT....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01010.htm#22599">Thomasville Approves Changes to Spanking Policy</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A district in N. Carolina offers parents paddling opt-out</FONT></I></P> <P>07 OCT....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01010.htm#22615">Cook gets jail, rotan for drug possession</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Ten strokes for 35-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>07 OCT....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01010.htm#22600">School Board officially does away with corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>No more paddling in Tangipahoa, Louisiana</FONT></I></P> <P>07 OCT....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01010.htm#22595">In other Lafourche School Board action</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Another Louisiana school district also abolishes CP</FONT></I></P> <P>09 OCT....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01010.htm#22625">Lorry driver gets six years' jail, whipping for drug possession</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Man, 33, pictured, must undergo 13 strokes of the rotan</FONT></I></P> <P>11 OCT....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01010.htm#22594">School systems review corporal punishment policy</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>More changes in North Carolina</FONT></I></P> <P>15 OCT....GUYANA: <A HREF="10archive/gyj01010.htm#22591">Whipping expunged from juvenile laws</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Judicial CP abolished</FONT></I></P> <P>18 OCT....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01010.htm#22673">Minors flogged for hawking in Abuja</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Six youngsters get seven strokes of the cane each</FONT></I></P> <P>20 OCT....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01010.htm#22618">Gang robbery accused gets five years plus canning <I>[sic]</I></A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>21-year-old, pictured, gets one stroke of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>20 OCT....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01010.htm#22589">Roanoke school board talks technology, discipline stats</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Principals in this Alabama district give their paddling figures</FONT></I></P> <P>21 OCT....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01010.htm#22672">Minors flogged for hawking in Abuja</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Another nine juveniles get seven strokes each</FONT></I></P> <P>21 OCT....SOUTH KOREA: <A HREF="10archive/krs01010.htm#22590">Resisting Students' Rights</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>High school student deplores abolition of CP</FONT></I></P> <P>24 OCT....SOUTH KOREA: <A HREF="10archive/krs01010.htm#22588">Most Seoul schools set new rules to ban corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Teachers express concern about unruly students</FONT></I></P> <P>29 OCT....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01010.htm#22627">Man gets five years and whipping for acid attack</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Offender, 26, pictured, ordered to receive two strokes of the rotan</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="nov"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">November 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>01 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22628">Coach admits paddling students</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Mississippi basketball coach punished players with a belt</FONT></I></P> <P>02 NOV....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01011.htm#22630">Local's rape sentence enhanced to 15 years, 6 strokes</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>23-year-old, pictured, gets increased punishment for gang rape</FONT></I></P> <P>02 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22632">Murrah coach's return sought amid whipping claims</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Players and parents come to defence of Mississippi basketball coach</FONT></I></P> <P>04 NOV....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01011.htm#22678">Rapist who 'helped' victim gets 16 years and 6 months in jail, 20 strokes</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Heavy caning for 32-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>09 NOV....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01011.htm#22685">18 years, cane for raping disabled girl</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Nine strokes of the rotan for 22-year-old, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>09 NOV....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01011.htm#22671">Minors flogged for hawking in Abuja</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>25 boys and girls get six strokes of the cane each</FONT></I></P> <P>09 NOV....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01011.htm#22686">He killed toddler over cigarettes</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Father, 28, pictured, has his sentence increased to 10 years and 10 strokes of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>09 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22684">Paddling: Parent Claims Teacher Went To The Extreme</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Spanking of 12-year-old Alabama boy causes controversy</FONT></I></P> <P>09 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22679">Attorney: Video Shows Murrah Coach Whipping Players</A> <I><B>(with video clips)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Basketball spankings in Jackson, MS, are caught on video</FONT></I></P> <P>11 NOV....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01011.htm#22690">Jailed for raping pupil</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Former teacher, 31, pictured, is also ordered to receive four strokes</FONT></I></P> <P>13 NOV....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01011.htm#22666">Jail, caning for man who robbed pregnant woman</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Robber, 24, pictured, is awarded a 12-stroke caning</FONT></I></P> <P>15 NOV....NIGERIA: <A HREF="10archive/ngj01011.htm#22669">15 flogged for hawking</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Another 15 youths sentenced to seven strokes each</FONT></I></P> <P>15 NOV....PAPUA NEW GUINEA: <A HREF="10archive/pgj01011.htm#22696">Corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Youth Council instigates caning for truant students in Madang</FONT></I></P> <P>15 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22694">Corporal punishment called routine in embattled coach's past</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Background to the Mississippi belting dispute</FONT></I></P> <P>16 NOV....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01011.htm#22665">Swiss vandal released from prison</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Oliver Fricker, 32, pictured, flies home after 5 months in jail and 3 strokes of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>19 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22695">School dress, punishment addressed</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A Louisiana district offers parental choice over paddling</FONT></I></P> <P>23 NOV....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01011.htm#22713">Raping, confining woman: 2 jailed</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Offenders, 20 and 21, pictured, also sentenced to caning</FONT></I></P> <P>24 NOV....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01011.htm#22725">Corporal Punishment Complaint</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Arkansas girl, 12, chose three paddle swats over detention</FONT></I></P> <P>29 NOV....INDIA: <A HREF="10archive/ins01011.htm#22836">Govt plans to enact law to stop corporal punishment</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>West Bengal state government considers outlawing it</FONT></I></P> <P><BR><A NAME="dec"><B><FONT FACE="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Tahoma,Arial">December 2010</FONT></B></A></P> <P>01 DEC....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01012.htm#22727">Corporal Punishment Still Exists in Some Schools</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><BR> <I><FONT SIZE=2>New anti-paddle campaign in Texas</FONT></I></P> <P>02 DEC....FIJI: <A HREF="10archive/fjj01012.htm#22724">Bua chief enforces spanking</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>District elders will spank any villagers found guilty of crime</FONT></I></P> <P>03 DEC....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01012.htm#22795">Jail sentence, whipping enhanced</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>41-year-old wifebeater, pictured, sees his 8-year sentence increased to 12 and four cane strokes to six</FONT></I></P> <P>03 DEC....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01012.htm#22794">Jail sentence on waiter for raping girl affirmed</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Three strokes of the cane for rapist, 19, pictured</FONT></I></P> <P>06 DEC....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01012.htm#22848">Malaysia urged to stop caning 'epidemic'</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Amnesty International claims thousands of immigrants caned per year</FONT></I></P> <P>06 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: <A HREF="10archive/saj01012.htm#22866">Two maids jailed, to be lashed for sorcery</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Indonesian housemaids aged 25 and 33 ordered to receive 700 lashes each</FONT></I></P> <P>09 DEC....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01012.htm#22829">He smashes a glass on victim's head</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Four years' jail and six strokes of cane for 50-year-old after vicious parang attack</FONT></I></P> <P>10 DEC....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01012.htm#22800">Corporal punishment reinstated in Drew</A><BR> <I><FONT SIZE=2>A Mississippi district agrees new spanking policy, but only up to 6th grade</FONT></I></P> <P>11 DEC....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01012.htm#22767">Man gets jail and caning for molesting stepdaughter</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>12 strokes of the cane for man, 42</FONT></I></P> <P>11 DEC....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01012.htm#22808">Moms angry over swats</A><BR> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Two TX girls, 17, paddled for going to lavatory</FONT></I></P> <P>15 DEC....MALAYSIA: <A HREF="10archive/myj01012.htm#22821">Three-year jail, whipping for cheating</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Man, age not stated, gets 9 strokes of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>15 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: <A HREF="10archive/saj01012.htm#22857">Son of Saudi Islamic police chief to be lashed</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>50 lashes for fighting</FONT></I></P> <P>15 DEC....SUDAN: <A HREF="10archive/sdj01012.htm#22798">Flogged 53 times ... 'for wearing trousers'</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Woman's whipping in the street is caught on film</FONT></I></P> <P>15 DEC....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01012.htm#22809">City View Paddling Raising Questions About Discipline</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>More on Texas girls' paddling case</FONT></I></P> <P>18 DEC....SINGAPORE: <A HREF="10archive/sgj01012.htm#22812">Jail, caning for molesting 3 women at knifepoint</A> <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>22-year-old, pictured, is ordered to receive 18 strokes of the cane</FONT></I></P> <P>21 DEC....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/uss01012.htm#22834">Coach suspended for whipping players returns</A> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Row over basketball spankings in Jackson, MS, subsides</FONT></I></P> <P>22 DEC....IRAN: <A HREF="10archive/irj01012.htm#22867">Iranian whipped in public for drinking alcohol</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>80 lashes in a public square in Ramshir</FONT></I></P> <P>23 DEC....SAUDI ARABIA: <A HREF="10archive/saj01012.htm#22865">Mobile phone thief gets five years, 500 lashes</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Heavy sentence for twentysomething who robbed at knifepoint</FONT></I></P> <P>23 DEC....UNITED STATES: <A HREF="10archive/usd01012.htm#22833">Police arrest Mishawaka man after spanking</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Indiana man, 30, accused of battery after spanking son, 6</FONT></I></P> <P>26 DEC....SOUTH KOREA: <A HREF="10archive/krs01012.htm#22845">Schools buckle under corporal punishment ban</A><br> <I><FONT SIZE=2>Abolition of CP in Seoul and Gyeonggi produces classroom chaos</FONT></I></P> <dir> <br><img src="573b.gif" alt="blob"> <font face="'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="archin10.htm">Archive 2010</a> (same information as on this page, but sorted by country and month, with links to overall month/country pages, but not to individual news items)</font> <p><img src="573b.gif" alt="blob"> <font face="'Trebuchet MS',Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="newschr09.htm">News Chronology 2009</a></font><BR><BR> </p></dir> <td valign="top" width="5%" bgcolor="#00ffff">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <hr noshade size=4> <table width=100%><tr> <td width="8%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Corpun home page" href="index.htm">Home</a></font></center></td> <td width="11%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Corporal punishment archives" href="archive.htm">Archive</a></font></center></td> <td width="8%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Reviews of books about corporal punishment" href="books1.htm">Books</a></font></center></td> <td width="7%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Readers' questions answered" href="faq.htm">Q&A</a></font></center></td> <td width="11%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Search this website" href="index.htm#search">Search</a></font></center></td> <td width="11%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Feature articles about corporal punishment" href="index.htm#features">Articles</a></font></center></td> <td width="11%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="Corporal punishment picture index" href="pix.htm">Pictures</a></font></center></td> <td width="15%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="CP situation in each country, with rules, regulations and documents" href="rules.htm">Country files</a></font></center></td> <td width="9%" bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a title="External links concerning corporal punishment" href="index.htm#links">Links</a></font></center></td> </tr></table> <hr noshade size=4> <table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffff80"> <tr><td><br> <P align="center"> <font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"> <img src="573b.gif" alt="blob" width="14" height="14"> Search www.corpun.com:</font></P> <!-- start of freefind search box html --> <table align="center" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 > <tr> <td colspan=2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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