BBC exposes global network of sadistic monkey torture; over 20 people being probed

Customers in countries such as the US and UK pay Indonesians to torture and kill the monkeys on film. - AFP

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The BBC has uncovered a sadistic global monkey torture ring, which stretches from Indonesia to the US, after a year-long investigation.

Hundreds of customers in the US, UK and elsewhere pay Indonesians to torture and kill baby long-tailed macaques on film, the BBC found.