IN spite of public outcry, four pitbulls, two of which were responsible for the mauling of an Irish tourist earlier this year, will be put to sleep.

Penang Municipal Council president Patahiyah Ismail said that the council will be following the magistrate court's decision on April 4 last year. “Any appeal is to be made to the court as it is the court's decision and not the council's. The council cannot go against the court's decision." Read here.

In response, the dogs owners, Joseph Teoh and his wife Teoh Bee Eng, have filed an emergency petition for a judicial review to buy themselves time. The dogs are due to be put down on Tuesday. Joseph did not sound optimistic about his chances. “At this point, we have no other choice but to take a legal recourse. We are not sure of our chances but at least we would have tried our best to save the two dogs," he said. Read here.

Red paint and a pig's head

Muslims going about on their morning prayer received a rude shock on Wednesday morning when they passed by a cendol stall that had been splashed with red paint, and a pig's head was left hanging from it.

Penang police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said that the stall owner had received a mysterious warning by phone back in March. "The caller did not make threats but reminded the stallholder to be careful. Police have not dismissed that the case is linked to secret societies," he said, warning others not to turn this incident into a religious issue. Read here.

The police are now attempting to trace the caller, but acknowledge that it will be difficult as the man had used a public pay phone. Meanwhile, a blogger had accused Umno of being responsible for the incident, which Nibong Tebal Umno Youth vice-chief Mohd Noor Azman Abdul Jalil denied. Read here.

Other news

• Cabbie’s chronicles published: Azmar Azram, like many taxi drivers, is a great listener and a good storyteller. Read here.
• Tourism bureau plays its cards wrong: Penang Global Tourism, a state tourism bureau, has withdrawn a promotional postcard depicting a group of Chinese children playing cards in its “My Penang, My Experience” tourism campaign. Read here.
• Beware of extra bags at Asian airports!: A major security investigation is underway at Jetstar Asia because of a complaint to Plane Talking by an alert passenger taking one of  its flights from Penang to Singapore before returning to Australia. Read here.
• Degrees from behind bars: Prisoners in Penang can now pursue their tertiary education online up to postgraduate level. Read here.
• Reduction of players worldwide to benefit Eng Teknologi: The reduction of hard disk drive players worldwide via the recent acquisitions of several giants in the storage technology sector is set to benefit Penang-based Eng Teknologi Holdings Bhd. Read here.

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