The cat roaming arround on the street. Illustrative purpose only.
Hong Kong police have arrested a man who was alleged of animal cruelty following a post on social media that revealed a cat being ill-treated.
The circulating online post showing a man allegedly attacking a cat using bare hands has instigated a police investigation into the incident.
The incident that happened on last Friday involved a 37-year-old man on the second floor of the Lucky Plaza private housing estate in Sha Tin, the report said.
A source familiar with the case as it was reported said on Tuesday that a woman passing by when the incident happened heard a cat screaming and saw a man pulling its fur. The woman added that the man immediately ran away when she shouted at him to stop the ill-treating the cat.
Following the result from CCTV camera, police arrested the offender on Monday at a public housing flat on Lek Yuen Estate in Sha Tin.
The report said the cat believed to belong to the stallholder at a nearby market and did not seem to have any serious injuries.
The offender was said to be jobless and has been detained on suspicion of animal cruelty.
Animal cruelty in Hong Kong is punishable by up to three years in jail and a HK$200,000 fine under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance.
警方在社群媒體發文後逮捕涉嫌虐待貓的香港男子
香港警方逮捕了一名涉嫌虐待動物的男子，此前他在社群媒體上發文揭露一隻貓受到虐待。
網路上流傳的貼文顯示一名男子涉嫌徒手攻擊一隻貓，促使警方對此事件進行調查。
報道稱，上週五發生的事件涉及一名37歲男子，地點是沙田好運中心私人屋苑二樓。
據報道，一位熟悉該案的消息人士週二表示，事件發生時，一名路過的婦女聽到一隻貓的尖叫聲，並看到一名男子拉扯它的皮毛。 該名女子補充說，當她向男子大喊停止虐待貓時，該男子立即逃跑了。
根據閉路電視攝影機的結果，警方週一在沙田瀝源村的一個公屋單位逮捕了罪犯。
報導稱，這隻貓據信屬於附近市場的攤主，似乎沒有受到任何嚴重傷害。
據稱，這名罪犯沒有工作，並因涉嫌虐待動物而被拘留。
根據《防止虐待動物條例》，在香港虐待動物可被判處最高三年監禁和 20 萬港元 罰款。
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