Malaysian artist shocked public ‘injured’ her tiger sculptures in Chinatown


Alice Chang's 'injured' tigers have now been bandaged and a natural barricade has been placed around the tiger family. Photo: Kwai Chai Hong

The Malayan Tiger Family sculptures by Alice Chang, featuring a pair of parent tigers looking after their cub, were intended to highlight the importance of saving the Malayan tiger.

But the message seems to have fallen on deaf ears with repeated damage caused by visitors to the tiger family installation at Kwai Chai Hong in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown. The installation was unveiled on Jan 13.

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