Another cat killed in Yishun
On Dec 4, The New Paper reported on the spate of cat abuse in Yishun.
It had led some to believe that there was a suspected cat killer in the area.
Today (Dec 15, adviser to Nee Soon East grassroots organisations, Louis Ng, told a media briefing on Tuesday (Dec 15) another cat was killed recently.
He said this latest incident happened last Saturday (Dec 12) at Block 115B Yishun Ring Road.
The cat was found at the carpark with trauma to its head and it was bleeding extensively.
This brings the total number of cat abuse cases to 17, from Sep 24 to Dec 12 this year.
Of those, 16 of the cats have died and only one survived.
Mr Ng said investigations in all the deaths have so far been inconclusive and no suspects have been identified yet due to insufficient evidence.
However, he said that additional high-resolution closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have been installed in the Nee Soon GRC area.
Read the full report in our print edition on Dec 16.
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