Three offenders, who applied to have their caning sentences reviewed and set aside, claimed that the punishment is inhumane, cruel and infringes on their rights under the Federal Constitution as it posed a death risk to them, the Federal Court heard today.

Their lawyers, N Surendran and Rajesh Nagarajan, backed their submissions in saying that the caning punishment infringes on individuals’ rights under Article 5, which was the right to life, and Article 8 of the Constitution, which is on individuals’ rights to equality.