RM1,000 bounty on plant thief


Ong showing one of several patches in the pocket park where the Madagascar periwinkle plants were growing before they went missing.

A BOUNTY of RM1,000 is being offered for information into the theft of 40 Madagascar periwinkle plants from a pocket park in Perak Road, Penang.

Batu Lanchang assemblyman Ong Ah Teong said the purplish pink flowering plants also known as vinca rosea (scientific name: Catharanthus roseus) were pinched from the park in front of a health clinic.

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