MALAYSIA: A 13-year-old boy appeared within the Magistrate’s Court on Friday (3 May), pleading responsible to the heinous act of setting a kitten on hearth in a motorbike parking space of a flat in Kajang final week.
The confession got here swiftly after the fees had been learn aloud by an interpreter within the presence of Magistrate Nik Siti Norazlini Nik Mohamed Faiz.
The fees allege that the adolescent, together with two others who stay at giant, mercilessly inflicted ache on a cat by setting it ablaze in a flat complicated at 1:08 pm on 22 April.
The accused faces fees beneath 29(1)(e) of the Animal Welfare Act 2015, coupled with Section 34 of the Penal Code.
If convicted, he may face a superb starting from RM20,000 to RM100,000 (US$4,220 to US$21,100), to a jail sentence of as much as three years, or each.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Afiqah Abdul Ghaffar sought a bail of RM10,000 (US$2,110), emphasizing the severity of the offense regarding animal cruelty and its implications for public curiosity.
In response, the juvenile offender’s 30-year-old mom, citing her modest month-to-month earnings of RM1,500 (US$316) as a manufacturing unit employee in an electronics firm and her standing as a single mom, appealed for a discount in bail.
After contemplating arguments from either side, Nik Siti Norazlini granted bail at RM1,000 (US$211) with one surety.
The court docket additionally scheduled 27 June for the submission of a personality report from the Department of Social Welfare (JKM) earlier than sentencing.
The incident has sparked widespread public outcry since footage of the incident surfaced on social media.
The CCTV footage, shared on Animal Malaysia’s Instagram account on 23 April, depicts a gaggle of people loitering in a motorbike parking space.
One of them is seen pouring oil on a defenseless kitten earlier than setting it alight, inflicting the terrified animal to flee in flames.
The injured six-week-old cat was shortly taken to a non-public animal clinic in Ampang for remedy of extreme second-degree burns earlier than being placed within the custody of the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) on 24 April.
The DVS confirmed that the kitten is at present in good situation beneath the care of veterinary officers from Selangor DVS.
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