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In March, news a Singapore Court had sentenced an 18-year-old American to six strokes with a bamboo cane swept around the world.

President Clinton: "It's the first I've heard of it. I'll look into it."

And Michael Fay, who insists he was tortured into confessing that he spray-painted cars, was instantly caught in the middle of a raging debate.

"'Yes,' says one. 'People should be responsible for their actions.' 'Let the Vandal take his beating,' says another."

Amy Brown, friend: "If anybody just put themselves in this position I don't think anybody would want a kid or someone close to them to be beaten with a cane."

After President Clinton personally appealed for leniency, Singapore reduced the sentence from six lashes to four, but that wasn't much consolation for Michael Fay.

The sentence was carried out May 5th.

Michael Fay, Singapore Caning Subject: "I was bent over halfway. I mean my back was bent in a ninety degree, and I was cuff... buckled like this and he's whipping as he's going on each step."

Larry King: "Do you hear the whip?"

MF: "Yes, I can. And on the third third step he strikes and he cuts open your buttocks."

LK: "And there's a lot of pain."

MF: "There's a lot of pain."

POLICE
Throughout the incident Singapore insisted itsstrict laws made it one of the safest nations on Earth.

Narrator: Don Harrison