A man was caught threw one of his dogs into a canal from 1-meter height for a “swim”
Netizens who were in the nature reserve witness the act and filmed him doing it.
The man behind the incident is 58-year-old Cheong Wah Meng a Singapore PR, the prosecutor of the case is from Nparks who sought a fine of SGD$12,600 as the prosecutor said that the poodle could have been injured as the dogs were dropped from 1 meter.
The man loves his dogs and did it purely out of making the dogs happy, it is not his first time bringing dogs to Upper Peirce or Lower Peirce Reservoirs for a walk.
The district judge believes that Cheong has no intention of harming the dogs, “No doubt, his intention was not to hurt the dog, but it was a dangerous act that did not take into account the safety of the animal,” said the district judge.
Cheong was fined SGD$11,000