SINGAPORE: An unemployed man was jailed two months for torturing
a cat which he hung outside his house, and also for theft.
Thirty-two-year-old Lin Chuan had tied a rope around the neck of
a cat, dragging it along the second floor of a block in Toa Payoh
on 7 May this year.
A witness who caught him in the act said he saw the
four-year-old female cat struggling to free itself before it was
hung over the parapet of the block.
The dead animal was later found in a drain near the kitchen
window of Lin Chuan's unit.
In addition, Lin Chuan was found guilty of stealing several
compasses worth more than S$400 from "Popular" bookstore.
He was seen walking unsteadily in the bookstore on 19 March at
Toa Payoh Lorong 6.
When he fell to the floor, several compasses he was hiding under
his clothes also dropped, revealing his theft.
- CNA
He was arrested within an hour of that discovery.
For cruelty to an animal, he could have been jailed up to a year
and fined S$10,000, while for theft he could have been jailed up to
seven years and fined.
