The white bitch that Ng was charged with injuring by jabbing a bamboo pole into her eye was produced at the court in Butterworth on March 9, 2021. – CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
BUTTERWORTH: A 71-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of animal cruelty at the Sessions Court here.
Ng Ah Leak claimed trial to a charge of injuring a female dog in October last year.
The charge, read out in Mandarin, stated that Ng was accused of unreasonably injuring a white bitch in the eye using an eight-foot long bamboo pole, inflicting pain and suffering.
Ng allegedly committed the offence in a drain behind his house in Taman Tanjung Indah, Raja Uda in Seberang Prai, Butterworth at around 10.30pm on Oct 24.
BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Department of Environment (DoE) has fined a food processing factory here RM18,000 for discharging effluents into the Prai River.
Penang DoE director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab said the department investigated the condition of the Prai River after receiving complaints about water pollution and dead fish. The department received information from the public claiming the Prai River is contaminated with white foam. Further investigation found that the discharge was due to the manufacturing process as well as laundry activities from one of the food-based factories in the Prai area, she said in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 17).
The department has directed the factory to cease all effluent emissions into the river immediately.
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