Cops to investigate UM cat killing, will hear out animal activists, says KL police chief


KUALA LUMPUR: A police investigation on the cat killings within the Universiti Malaya (UM) campus has been opened with statements to be recorded soon.

City police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said that police would call in the animal rights activists who held a press conference on the matter on Monday (Dec 23).

"They will have their statements recorded on Thursday (Dec 26)," he said.

During the press conference lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan of Lawyers for Animal Rights said that he strongly believed there was a “psychopath” lurking at the UM campus and viciously killing the cats.

He said a private veterinarian who examined one of the dead cats had stated in a medical report that the limbs were severed in a manner which indicated it was done with a sharp weapon.

“We have X-rays and the medical report and we urge police to investigate the case again and prove us wrong.

“If this is the work of a psychopath, we are concerned about the safety of students and staff of UM apart from that of stray animals,” he told a press conference at his law firm here.

Rajesh also criticized the Animal Welfare Board for allegedly failing to carry out its responsibilities of safeguarding animals.

On Sunday, Comm Rusdi said investigators had concluded that stray dogs were behind the death of the cats, based on a close-circuit camera footage.

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