KOTA BHARU, 15 Oct 2020:
A 70-year-old government retiree was charged in the sessions court here today with shooting a cat with an air rifle, causing unnecessary suffering to the animal.
Accused Ab Hamid @ Fauzi Ismail entered a not guilty plea after the charge was read out to him before judge Shahrul Rizal Majid.
According to the charge, the accused had used an air rifle – injuring his neighbour’s cat on its right ear – and the offence was allegedly committed at Lorong Raja Abdullah, Jalan Pintu Gang, near here, on Aug 17.
The offence framed under Section 29 (1) (e) of the Animal Welfare Act 2015 provides for a fine not less than RM20,000 and not exceeding RM100,000 or three years imprisonment or both, if convicted.
The court allowed the accused bail of RM3,000 with one surety and set Nov 22 for re-mention.
In KUALA LUMPUR, a Myanmar man was detained for allegedly causing hurt on a shop assistant during an amok incident in Selayang near here yesterday.
Gombak district police chief ACP Arifai Tarawe said the police were alerted on the incident at about 2.20pm and initial investigations found the suspect, aged 20, had entered the hardware shop to take away a children’s bicycle – but was stopped by the shop assistant, a 25-year-old Bangladeshi.
“The suspect then returned to the shop with a knife and stabbed the shop assistant on the left shoulder, before turning aggressive and caused damage to several items in the shop,” he said in a statement today.
He said the Bangladeshi man and a colleague attempted to apprehend the suspect before the police arrived and detained him.
The police also seized a 15-cm long knife believed to be used by the suspect in the incident, he added.
A video on the incident, with a man running amok in a hardware shop had gone viral since early today.
In KOTA KINABALU, the Marine Police Force (PPM) detained three men over their alleged involvement in thieving activities in the Kota Kinabalu waters yesterday.
Kota Kinabalu PPM Operations Base commanding officer ASP Enturan Lageh said the trio, aged between 31 and 42, were nabbed during an operation codenamed ‘Op Landai Khas’.
“Acting on public tip-off, a police team arrested three men in Kampung Pondo, Pulau Gaya yesterday afternoon,” he said in a statement today.
Enturan said the arrests were made following a complaint over the alleged loss of several items from a ship which was registered under the name ‘Shasvada’, on Oct 12.
He said police also seized two refrigerators estimated to be worth RM1,900 from one of the suspects’ house.
Investigations found that two of three suspects did not have any identification documents on them.
The suspects have been handed over to the Kota Kinabalu district police headquarters for further action and the case is being investigated under Section 380 of the Penal Code.
– Bernama