21. Dozens of riot police with rattan canes and tear-gas canisters looked on, preparing to disperse the crowd. 22. Under the Ministry's regulations, a maximum of six strokes may be inflicted using a light rattan cane . 23. The subject is then beaten to unconsciousness by men wielding thick rattan canes and shouting " buri-buri ". 24. He received jail and four strokes to the backside with a rattan cane in 1994 for allegedly spraying graffiti on cars. 25. Singapore prison officials use a long rattan cane to the buttocks to punish vandalism, molestation and a few other offenses. 26. Troops fired shots into the air and lashed out with rattan canes , injuring several protesters and three local news photographers. 27. Under Malaysian law, sodomy is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a whipping by a rattan cane . 28. Later, police beat protesters with rattan canes to get them off the streets and witnesses said dozens of demonstrators were arrested. 29. So his father, commanding, " Never again ! " severely beats the boy's back with a rattan cane . 30. Of these only " Desmoncus " spp . furnish stems of sufficiently good quality to be used as rattan cane substitutes.
