Man jailed 18 weeks for hurling cat from 10th floor flat in Singapore


Fajar Ashraf Fajar Ali was jailed for 18 weeks on two counts of animal cruelty. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW.

SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old man first threw a cat from the 10th floor staircase landing of an HDB block and when he found that it was still alive, he slammed it on the ground twice to make sure that it died.

On Monday, Fajar Ashraf Fajar Ali, who works as a supervisor in the food and beverage industry, was jailed for 18 weeks on two counts of animal cruelty.

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