Ravi Dept: If convicted for violating Singapore's immigration laws, U.S. citizen Kamari Kenyada Charlton, 37, could become the first American in 16 years to be caned in the strict city-state, according to Calgary Herald. A charge sheet issued against him seen by AFP said Kamari had remained in Singapore for an extra 169 days after his three-month social visit pass expired on March 15, 2010 and an American businessman is facing the prospect of being caned in Singapore after overstaying his social visit visa by almost half a year, court documents and his lawyer said Thursday. Kamari, who was born in the Bahamas, was arrested at Changi Airport on Sept. 1 when he was about to leave the country, his lawyer M. Ravi said. As
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22.10.10