Flashlight shocker - China jails man for scaring 1,100 chickens to death


The man used a flashlight to scare the chickens, causing them to be crushed to death. - PHOTO: AFP

SINGAPORE, April 9 (The Straits Times/ANN): A man in China has been sentenced to six months jail for scaring 1,100 chickens to death in a feud with his neighbour.

The curious case began in April last year when the man, surnamed Gu, was upset that his neighbour, surnamed Zhong, chopped down his trees without informing him.

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