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A SENIOR citizen has lodged a police report against the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) vector control unit, claiming that one of its officers had been rough towards him during a dog-catching operation.
In the report, lodged at the Brickfields district police headquarters on Friday (March 24), Patrick Khoo, 69, alleged that two MBPJ dog-catching unit enforcement officers came chasing after his pet dogs which he kept at his office at Taman Kanagapuram.
The dog owner tried to intervene and a tussle broke out during the incident at about 9pm on March 22.
Khoo alleged that the dog catcher had swiped the dog-catching loop he was holding against the left side of his (Khoo’s) face, which had resulted in him suffering pain until now.
There are CCTV recordings of the incident, said Khoo.
When contacted, Khoo, who owns and manages a lubricant oil supply company, said the dog-catchers had taken away three adult dogs and a puppy.
According to Khoo, he had vaccinated and neutered the dogs he keeps at his office premises.
βThey are also bathed regularly,ββ he added.
The CCTV recordings have been posted on social media by a Facebook user.
The post has since raised the ire of animal activists and dog lovers who have raised their hackles over how Khoo and his dogs were treated in the incident.
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