4 months’ jail for security guard who dumped building resident’s cat in rubbish bin

A Hong Kong security guard who tied up a building resident’s missing cat in a plastic bag and dumped it in a rubbish bin has been sentenced to four months in prison, with the magistrate saying his actions had probably led to the animal’s death in a landfill site. Kwun Tong Court on Thursday sentenced Chou Wing-lok, a former security guard at a residential building in Ngau Tau Kok, for one count of cruelty to animals. On the night of August 6 last year, a resident living on the ninth floor of ...

By Fiona Chow