SINGAPORE, Oct. 5 -- Two men from India who assaulted and robbed two sex workers while on holiday in Singapore have each been sentenced to five years and one month in prison, along with 12 strokes of the cane, The Straits Times reported on Friday.

Arokkiyasami Daison, 23, and Rajendran Mayilarasan, 27, pleaded guilty to charges of voluntarily causing hurt while committing robbery.

A Singapore court heard that the pair arrived in the city-state on April 24 for a vacation.

Two days later, while walking in the Little India area, they were approached by an unidentified man who offered to connect them with sex workers. The man gave them contact details for two women before leaving.

Arokkiyasami then suggested to Rajendran that they lure th...