Graffiti and the Cane

Three young chaps with possible Anonymous connections graffitiing anti-government slogans here in indelible ink receive jail terms and canning: two months/three strokes and five/three for the ringleader. In the case of the latter other matters, presumably subsequently discovered, including theft and underage sex, raised the custodial sentence to two years. Twenty-somethings. An election next year. Six opposition MPs after the last election for the first time in almost fifty years of single party rule.
                                                  
                                                                                          27 January 2015 Straits Times, p.A3

NB. Moderate punishment compared to the Saudi Blogger running foul of the house of Saud sentenced to 1,000 strokes; fifty thus far administered on a single occasion. SG now restricted to a dozen maximum at a time.