Following online reports and videos about a man in Malaysia who admitted to allegedly cooking and eating a dog that was given to him for adoption, the man has since shared his side of the story.
The man clarified that he was actually “joking” when he said that he had eaten the dog, explaining that he was trying to stop the woman from giving the puppies away to strangers.
He said that the dog that was given to him is alive and well, and it is currently living in a scrap metal factory, contrary to what he said in the viral video.
Speaking to China Press, the man said that the dog, which has since grown into an adult, is being taken care of by a worker at a scrap metal factory.
He said that he had told the woman who gave him the dog, that he ate it so as to stop her from giving away dogs to strangers, citing his twisted sense of humour.
The man was reportedly angry because the woman had appeared out of nowhere and asked him if he liked dogs, before taking a puppy out of her car and leaving it with him.
He had apparently “joked” about eating the dog to get back at her.
He also added that just a day after he received the puppy, the dog had run away from home due to being unfamiliar with its new surroundings.
The dog was found at a nearby scrap metal factory a few weeks later, and recognised the man, but he left the dog there as he saw that it was being taken care of.
He also apologised for his “joke” and accepted the criticism levelled against him.
Recap
Facebook user May Ccus said in a post on 4 August that about 2 years ago, she rescued a puppy and was trying to find a home for the little dog.
This was in the midst of Malaysia’s MCO, which lasted from March 2020 to November 2021.
She then eventually met a certain Mr Lee, who runs a soya bean stall in Taman Connaught, Cheras; a town in Kuala Lumpur.
The man said that he would love to have the puppy, and May then gave the dog to him to adopt as she thought that he loves animals.
May then recently caught up with Mr Lee and asked him how the dog was doing, and Lee then shockingly told her that the dog had been killed and cooked into a stew.
She then asked him why didn’t he return the dog to her, to which the man then told her “you gave me the dog, what I do with it is my business.”
He even told her that the dog’s meat was tender, and that his family comes from Guangxi, China, and that they are dog meat lovers.