SERDANG - A WOMAN who gained notoriety after a video showing her
abusing kittens was uploaded on Facebook has apologised. She
claimed that she was suffering from depression after her parents
divorced.
'I could not control my emotions at that moment, but now realise
I had made a terrible mistake after watching the video myself,'
said Chow Xiao Wei, whose cruel act was captured on a CCTV in a
backlane near here.
The 20-year-old said she regretted her actions and was prepared
to face the consequences. She was also willing to do community
service with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA).
The five-minute video was posted on Facebook about a week ago.
In the CCTV footage, a person wearing a cap is seen hitting kittens
with an umbrella, then stomping and kicking them to death. After
the video went viral, Chow's acquaintances, who recognised her from
the video, posted her name and phone number online.
Chow soon began receiving threatening SMS messages and warnings
on her Facebook account. Out of fear, she quit her job as a sales
assistant and lodged a police report.
Chow claimed that she was suffering from depression at that time
as her parents had divorced. 'Please give my daughter a second
chance,' pleaded her mother Cheong Poh Ling, who accompanied her to
the press conference at Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian
Wah's office.
-- THE STAR/ANN
