Teen who set dog on fire pleads guilty to animal abuse


JOHOR BARU: An 18-year-old student who set a dog on fire last month has pleaded guilty to a charge of animal abuse at the Sessions Court here.

Braden Yap Hong Sheng entered the plea after the charges were read to him in Mandarin by a court interpreter in front of Sessions judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim on Wednesday (April 12).

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