Woman rescues stranded animals from three-metre monsoon drain

A woman rescued three puppies which felled into a monsoon drain in Kajang.

Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, RAHIMY RAHIM and R. ARAVINTHAN

A 36-YEAR-OLD woman climbed down a three-metre monsoon drain with a ladder to save three puppies in Kajang, reported Sin Chew Daily.

Pictures of the woman carrying the puppies were widely circulated by several animal lovers’ groups on Facebook.

The brave act of the woman, identified as Chen Pei Zhen, was applauded by netizens.

In her response, Chen took things in stride, saying: “I just rescued three puppies, no need for such a big hoo-haa.”

Chen, from Johor Baru, came to know about the stranded puppies via Facebook while visiting her mother-in-law in Kajang on Sunday.

She immediately drove to the site and asked for a ladder from residents nearby.

“After bringing the puppies out, I cleaned them at a house nearby before sending them to an animal shelter,” she was quoted as saying by the daily.

Chen said a resident advised her not to go down the drain for safety reasons, but she ignored it.

> China Press reported that a six-year-old claimed she was molested by a man in a car in Johor Baru.

The girl was cycling to a grocery shop before she was bundled into the car by the man, during the 11am incident on Sunday.

The man then drove and parked nearby before he started molesting her. The girl managed to escape but no details were given.

Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Sulaiman Salleh said police were looking for a suspect.

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