Caning, also referred to as whipping in traditional British legislative terminology, is used as a form of judicial corporal punishment in Brunei.
[15] During the punishment, the offender is tied to a wooden frame in a bent-over position with his feet together, and receives strokes from the rattan cane on the bare buttocks.
[17][18][19] Judicial caning is also used as a form of legal punishment for criminal offences in two of Brunei's neighbouring countries, Malaysia and Singapore.
In February that year, an 18-member Bruneian delegation visited Saudi Arabia to learn about the implementation of the sharia penal code.
[26] Amnesty International considers Brunei's practice of judicial caning a form of torture, and points out that the sharia penal code contains provisions that violate human rights.
[27] In May 2013, Brunei elicited strong criticisms from internet users in Thailand after it sentenced two Thai nationals to imprisonment and three strokes of the cane each for overstaying their visa.