Regarding the punishment of flogging, Article 23 1 of Singapore's Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that flogging is limited to men under the age of 50; Article 229 stipulates that adult criminals can be punished with up to 24 lashes; Juvenile offenders (over seven years old and under sixteen years old) are limited to a maximum of ten lashes; Singapore can whip children, and ninjas are intolerable in western society. In addition, the law also has special regulations on the size of whips. The whip width of adult criminals should not exceed 1.27 cm, and the whip width of juvenile criminals is even smaller.

Singapore also emphasizes the effect of killing chickens as an example when whipping. Although public execution is not used, the execution is limited to three flogging at a time, and it will continue after the injury has healed-at least three months. Moreover, a doctor must have a health examination before the execution, and the prisoner will suspend flogging if he can't stand it during the execution. At the same time, if the doctor finds that the prisoner's body can no longer bear whipping, he can apply to the court for exemption from whipping, but the court may impose a maximum of 12 months' imprisonment. At first glance, these systems are a kind of punishment in line with the spirit of humanity, but in criminal psychology, they are undoubtedly brilliant, exposing the horror of flogging: flogging is carried out in stages, and each wound heals for three months, during which the prisoner can only sleep, so the overall execution time is very long. At the same time, the scars after flogging will remain on their bodies for life, forming a brand that can never be erased. Therefore, even if the number of flogging imposed on ordinary prisoners is small, it is enough to shock prisoners for life. Therefore, there are few recidivists in Singapore, mostly based on the fear of flogging.

After Lee Kuan Yew promulgated the "Destruction Law" in 1966, he extended the role of flogging beyond criminal sanctions and further used it as a tool to maintain social order. It stands to reason that posting advertisements, slogans or paintings on government buildings will neither disturb public health and order, nor belong to violent crimes. Most countries impose fines, but Lee Kuan Yew's "Destruction Law" imposes three to eight lashes on this behavior, which is rare in democratic countries all over the world. Singapore's flogging has attracted the attention of all countries in the world because a Michael Fay incident happened in 1994, which changed the world's impression of Singapore from a lush and orderly appearance to a recognition of Singapore's achievements, but it adopted extremely severe flogging methods. Therefore, the MacPhee incident can be said to be the best demonstration of Singapore's flogging system.