School Children Get Flogging Lessons

[matcom]

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MALAYSIA had launched whipping demonstrations in schools to strike fear into the hearts of children tempted by criminal careers, local media reported yesterday.

"Flogging Officer No.1" Iskandar Zulkarnain Mohamad Radzi, 25, from Taiping Prison in northern Perak state, staged the first session on a dummy strapped to a frame before about 300 students at a local school this week.

The pupils, who were also shown photographs of the injuries inflicted by caning, told the New Straits Times they were shocked by the severity of the punishment, imposed for a wide range of crimes in Malaysia, including underage sex.

Mr Radzi had been whipping convicts for seven years after being taught how to swing the 109cm cane at a minimum speed of 160km/h, he told the paper. Before he canes a prisoner, he dons a surgical mask to protect his identity and also to prevent bits of flesh hitting his face, the daily said.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9682431%255E401,00.html

[FleshCartoon]

1. Spare the rod...

...so you don't spoil the child's psyche.

[MichaelUK]

2. Hmmm...

wonder if you could have a similar technique for obese kids?

[FleshCartoon]

3. ????

I hope you're not suggesting that obese children deserve to be beaten?