IPOH: A video showing a man and a young boy abandoning a dog in a residential area has gone viral.
The footage that went viral on Wednesday (Feb 20) shows a shirtless man holding a boy's hand in one hand and a leashed dog in the other.
The man stops in Taman Rishah, near Ipoh, removes the leash, leaves the dog, and walks away.
As the dog barks, the man returns and hits the animal with the leash before leaving.
The incident was captured on a resident's CCTV.
Resident M. Indira Gandhi, 50, a tutor, said her neighbour called to inform her that a man had abandoned a white dog at about 5.30pm.
"When we viewed the CCTV, we saw what had happened, and I brought the dog to my house for the moment," she said.
"I will lodge a police report and a report with the Veterinary Services Department. I am not sure who the man is, as I have not seen him before. It's so sad that the young child had to witness what happened as well," she said.
