Four animal activists have filed legal action against the Besut District Council over the death of Kopi, a stray dog whose video went viral on TikTok.
The activists - Kartini Farah Abd Rahim, S Mukunnan, Hong Hai San and S Shashi Kumar - filed the originating summons at the Kuala Terengganu High Court via Messrs Raj & Sach on Dec 10.
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The activists - Kartini Farah Abd Rahim, S Mukunnan, Hong Hai San and S Shashi Kumar - filed the originating summons at the Kuala Terengganu High Court via Messrs Raj & Sach on Dec 10.
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00:00Four animal activists have filed legal action against the Basut District Council over the
00:10death of Kopi, a stray dog whose video went viral on TikTok.
00:14Kartini Farah Abdul Rahim, S Mukunan, Hong Hai San and S Shashi Kumar filed the originating
00:21summons at the Kuala Terengganu High Court via Messrs Raj and Sach on December 10.
00:29They named the local council and the Terengganu state government as the first and second defendants
00:34respectively.
00:35At a press conference on Monday, lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan, who represented all the plaintiffs,
00:42said the Kuala Terengganu High Court has fixed January 15 for case management.
00:58In the originating summons, the plaintiffs are seeking a court declaration that the murder
01:03of Kopi by the local council violates section 29E of the Animal Welfare Act 2015.
01:11They are also seeking a declaration that the act of shooting the stray dog using a firearm
01:17by the council is in violation of section 30, subsection 1, and the shooting under section
01:2330, subsection 2 of the Animal Welfare Act is prohibited.
01:28This is because section 30, subsection 1 stipulates that shooting using a firearm against any
01:34dogs, cats or other animals is not allowed and that it is only sanctioned by the veterinarian
01:40in an emergency or for disease control purposes.
01:44The Basut District Council had said that the shooting of Kopi was done in accordance with
01:50the law and the standard operating procedure in handling stray dogs.