Singaporean gets RM8,000 fine for vicious attack on dog


PETALING JAYA: The Singaporean businessman who repeatedly bashed a dog with a crash helmet in a video that went viral on social media was fined RM8,000 or eight months' jail in default by the Magistrate's Court here on Monday (Jan 8).

Magistrate Mohamad Ikhwan Mohd Nasir passed the sentence on Yee Kok Chew, 57, after he changed his plea to guilty when the charge was read to him in English.

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