§ Mr. WIGNALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the instrument used for flogging the coolies of the North Borneo plantations is subject to any and, if so, what restrictions as to size and weight; and, if not, whether he will request the Chartered Company to produce one of these instruments for his inspection?
§ Lieut.-Colonel AMERYI am informed that under the Indian Code of Criminal Procedure which has been adopted in North Borneo, the instrument in question must be a light rattan not less than half an inch in diameter.