Malaysian who killed cat in dryer faces jail in new law's first conviction
- Country:
- Malaysia
A Malaysian court handed a jail term of 34 months and a fine to a man who killed a cat by stuffing it into the dryer of a launderette, state news agency Bernama said, the first such conviction under a new animal welfare law. In Tuesday's judgment, which the court stayed pending appeal, K. Ganesh, 42, was ordered to pay a fine of 40,000 ringgit ($9,700) for his crime, captured in a closed-circuit television clip that went viral on social media last year.
The grainy video showed a man hold open the dryer door as another pushed the cat in, before they turned on the machine and left. "I hope this sentence will serve as a lesson to the accused and the public to not be cruel to animals," the agency quoted http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1786520 the judge, Rasyihah Ghazali, as saying.
Reuters could not immediately contact Ganesh or his lawyer to seek comment. Media said the lawyer, S. Muthuveeran, had sought a minimal sentence as it was Ganesh's first offense and he was poor. It was not immediately clear why the men put the cat into the dryer or what had happened to the other man in the video.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Tripura: 'Suspected' smuggler shot dead, another injured in BSF firing in Sepahihala
Indonesia's president-elect holds talks with Malaysian leader on bolstering ties
US man executed for killing Indian national and another person in Oklahoma in 2002
US man executed for killing Indian and another person in Oklahoma in 2002
Another BJD MLA joins BJP in Odisha