Animal abuse: Pro badminton player fined RM25,000 for beating husky
A professional badminton player was fined RM25,000 by the Kajang Sessions Court on Friday (Aug 30) after he pleading guilty to repeatedly beating a dog at his house last month.
21-year-old Samuel Lee was charged with beating a husky on the balcony of his residence at Landmark Residence, Kajang, between 12.09am and 12.19am on July 1 this year.
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21-year-old Samuel Lee was charged with beating a husky on the balcony of his residence at Landmark Residence, Kajang, between 12.09am and 12.19am on July 1 this year.
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00:00A professional badminton player has been fined 25,000 ringgit by the Kajang Sessions Court
00:08on Friday after he pleaded guilty to repeatedly beating a dog at his house last month.
00:13Judge Mazuliana Abdul Rashid imposed the fine on 21-year-old Samuel Lee.
00:19Lee was charged with beating a husky with his hands repeatedly on the balcony of his
00:23residence at landmark residence Kajang on July 1 this year.
00:29According to the facts of the case, Lee's act of beating the dog was recorded by a neighbor
00:33and went viral on social media.
00:36Following the incident, animal rescuers took the husky for treatment at a veterinary clinic
00:41and was found to be traumatized and in extreme fear.
00:45The husky, named Kitster, was kept at the Kota Damansara Veterinary Center for further
00:50treatment and investigations showed that the accused had violated section 29, subsection
00:551, subsection A, of the Animal Welfare Act, 2015, by mistreating the animal.
01:02Earlier, prosecuting officer from the Selangor Veterinary Services Department, Mohammad Sharif
01:08Sabran, suggested that the accused be given severe punishment as a lesson.
01:13He said the case received wide coverage and angered the public.
01:18In mitigating for a lower fine, Lee's lawyer S. Rajashree requested for leniency on the
01:23grounds that his client is a professional badminton player and has a family to depend
01:29on.
01:30It is said the husky is still in the care of the veterinary department.