‘Snake looked like it was in a lot of pain’, says man fined S$1,000 for hacking python to death

Ricky Cheong said he had no intention of killing the snake at first. - SCREENGRAB FROM ACRES/ FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: A man who was filmed killing a python with a cleaver in Boon Lay in April has been fined S$1,000 by the National Parks Board (NParks).

In response to Straits Times queries, NParks’ group director of wildlife management Ryan Lee said on Wednesday (Nov 8) that NParks had completed investigations and imposed a composition fine which the man had paid.