The story of the Australian girls supposedly caned in Malaysia occurs on various non-authoritative web sites. I first saw it years ago on the forerunner to this site. In that case the site name, ‘Internet Trash’ is a fair description of the contents. At that time there were no other references on the web. Since then the story seems to have been widely copied.
There is never an actual reference to the supposed Associated Press report, nor are any dates ever given. That’s because the story is fiction. There’s a challenge everyone, shoot me down with something with authority, like the date and source of the press report. I’ll happily apologise if by chance I’m wrong.
Thanks for the information. I’m quite happy to accept that the story is fiction, although it would be interesting if anyone could substantiate it. Even if that particular incident never happened, is it true that canings of that kind can be given to teenaged offenders in Malaysia, both male and female, for serious offences including drug-related ones?