They may also be disqualified from owning a pet for a maximum of 12 months. If convicted of intentionally abandoning an animal, the three accused persons could be jailed for up to 12 months or fined up to S$10,000, or both, for each offence. They will return to court on Aug 31 to do so. The two men said that they wish to plead guilty. He allegedly left the animals in a cage near a staircase beside a rubbish chute on the ground floor of Block 326B Sumang Walk, located in the Punggol area. The third individual, Muhammad Khairudie Balkiah, 26, is accused of abandoning a female domestic short-hair named Comot and another male domestic short-hair named Pak Teh on Dec 13 last year. He is accused of permanently abandoning eight domestic short-hair cats on Jan 23 this year at the bin centre of Block 462, Chua Chu Kang Avenue 4. Muhammad Al-Imran M Roslan, 37, faces eight charges. Song did not elaborate on the outcome.ĭistrict Judge Lorraine Ho asked her if she wanted to plead guilty or not, given that the prosecution was seeking a fine of S$2,000.Īfter some time, Song indicated that she wanted to admit to her charges. Song then said that a child had wanted to adopt the cats, but the child’s mother wanted to check with her husband first. Song had also told NParks that she abandoned the kittens because she could not take care of them any longer and they were “making a lot of noise in the middle of the night”, Ms Tan said. Ms Wendy Tan, a prosecutor from the National Parks Board (NParks), told the court that Song had informed the authorities during investigations about being the kittens’ main caregiver for six months. Song added: “If I had really wanted to abandon them, I would have… placed them at a place further away from my home.”
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