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The white bitch that Ng was charged with injuring by jabbing a bamboo pole into her eye was produced at the court in Butterworth on March 9, 2021. – CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
BUTTERWORTH: A 71-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of animal cruelty at the Sessions Court here.
Ng Ah Leak claimed trial to a charge of injuring a female dog in October last year.
The charge, read out in Mandarin, stated that Ng was accused of unreasonably injuring a white bitch in the eye using an eight-foot long bamboo pole, inflicting pain and suffering.
Ng allegedly committed the offence in a drain behind his house in Taman Tanjung Indah, Raja Uda in Seberang Prai, Butterworth at around 10.30pm on Oct 24.