Apologetic teenager admits setting dog on fire

JOHOR BARU: An 18-year-old teenager pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court here to the charge of animal abuse after setting a dog on fire last month.

The teen, Braden Yap Hong Sheng, who is still studying, made the plea after the charges were read to him in Mandarin by the court interpreter in front of Judge Datuk Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim yesterday.