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Caning, Caning

In this setting it was generally administered to the clothed buttocks, typically with the student bending over a desk or chair, and usually with a maximum of six "strokes" (known as "six of the best"). Such a caning sometimes left a student with temporary weals and bruises, which was extremely painful at the time and remained uncomfortable for some days afterwards.

In some countries caning is still in use in the post-independence era, particularly in Southeast Asia (where it is now being used far more than it was under British rule), and in some African countries. The practice is retained in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Caning in Indonesia is a recent introduction: in the special case of Aceh, on Sumatra, which since its 2005 autonomy has introduced a form of sharia law, applying the cane to the clothed upper back of the offender.

Unlike judicial caning, this punishment is delivered to the soldier's clothed buttocks.

However, this should not be confused with an ordinary caning with a typical light rattan (as formerly in English schools), which, although very painful at the time, would leave only superficial weals lasting a few days.

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