PETALING JAYA, 8 Jan 2018:
A Singapore businessman who repeatedly bashed a dog with a crash helmet – seen in a video of the cruel act that had gone viral on social media – was today fined RM8,000 or eight months’ jail in default by the magistrate’s court here.
Magistrate Mohamad Ikhwan Mohd Nasir passed the sentence on Yee Kok Chew, 57, after he changed his plea to guilty when the charge was read to him in English.
The hearing of his case was scheduled for today.
Yee was charged with acting cruelly by repeatedly hitting the white-chocolate male mongrel named Furby with a crash helmet – thus hurting and causing suffering to the dog – at the security guardhouse in Jalan BK6 E/4 (1), Taman Melody, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong at 8.49pm on 2 April 2017.
He was charged under Section 44(1)(a) of the Animals Act 1953 (Revised 2006) and read together with the Animals Act (Amendment 2013), which provides for a fine of up to RM50,000 or a jail term not exceeding one year, or both.
The accused paid the fine.
– Bernama