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Mahentharan Ganesan, 43, declared himself guilty of three positions: a charge of importing an animal without a license and two charges of breach of his duty of care as owner of an animal, the white collection tasks in consideration for his sentence
Initially, the defendant was asked to bring puppies or kittens from Malaysia to Singapore with his own vehicle (representative image)
A man of Malaysia of Indian origin, who hid a puppy in a laundry bag while smuggling in Singapore from Malaysia, was sentenced to the eight -week prison and fined with SGD2,500 on Tuesday.
Mahentharan Ganesan, 43, declared himself guilty of three positions: a charge of importing an animal without a license and two charges of breach of his duty of care as owner of an animal, the white load tasks in consideration, the firm, his signature, his signature.
On October 20, 2023, the officers of the Immigration Authority and Checks points in Tuas Checkpoint on a bridge in a link to the South Malaysian peninsular detected a hidden living puppy in a laundry bag and hidden in the Makenan replacement tire compartment.
The court heard that the defendant owned a transport company in Malaysia.
He had a little money from an unknown person, who had sacrificed the accused a job to pay his debt by bringing animals to illegally Singapore from Malaysia.
Initially, the defendant was asked to bring puppies or kittens from Malaysia to Singapore with his own vehicle.
Initially, he had refused to do so, since he knew this was illegal. However, Hey agreed to deliver animals due to their bad financial circumstances.
Later, the unknown person presented Mahentharan to another man who referred to the ‘Mr. Dog ‘.
‘Mr Dog’ informed the defendant of work tasks and instructed him on the process.
Mahentharan would like to collect animals from another party and deliver them to other recipients in Singapore.
The animals were sometimes in bags or laundry boxes and seemed to be sleepy, according to the court documents.
The defendant was paid SGD60 in cash for each trip of the recipient, regardless of the amount of animals delivered, he thought that he regularly delivered between and three animals per trip.
It is not clear how many tasks the defendant had completed in Singapore.
The identities of ‘Mr Dog’ and the Mahentharan Oed Money man, as well as where the animals originated, are still unknown.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a FEED – PTI syndicated news agency)
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