KUALA LUMPUR: An animal activist and a non-governmental organisation have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order for the Attorney General's Chamber (AGC) to prosecute a man who tortures and kills baby monkeys and posting them on Telegram application for entertainment purposes.
Dr Kartini Farah Abdul Rahim, 50, and Hak Asasi Hidupan Liar Malaysia Global as applicants filed an application for judicial review through Messrs Raj & Sach at the High Court here, naming the Royal Malaysia Police , AGC and the Malaysian government as the first to third respondents.
Dr Kartini claimed that on Jan 20, she received information from two animal lovers associations from the United Kingdom and the United States about a group that celebrated the torture of monkeys, as what the said individual had been doing, adding that the group has a large following on Telegram. "On the same date , I lodged a police report at Section 9 Shah Alam police station in Selangor which contained detailed information about the individual involved and during the police investigation, the man admitted to torturing the baby monkeys," she said.
She also claimed that on April 5, her lawyer received a letter from the Criminal Investigation Division, Shah Alam district police headquarters informing that the investigation paper for her police report had been referred to the deputy public prosecutor, but it had been classified as no further action .
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