Latest news with #NgSingYiu
South China Morning Post
19-06-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong monastery cook given 160 hours of community service for cruelty to dogs
A chef at a prominent Buddhist monastery in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service for wrapping two stray dogs in nylon bags and abandoning them in the wild last year. West Kowloon Court on Thursday spared 65-year-old Ng Sing-yiu from jail after his probation officer found the defendant genuinely regretted his misdeeds and displayed a 'strong desire' to turn over a new leaf. Ng pleaded guilty earlier this month to three counts of animal cruelty for committing the offences outside the Hung Uk dormitory at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island on August 13, 2024. The defendant admitted capturing the two brown-and-black mongrels, placing them in nylon bags and tying them up tightly. He released the dogs at a car park in San Shek Wan, 14km (8.7 miles) away from the dormitory. The dogs, known as 'Sai Mui' and 'Dai Mui' – meaning 'little sister' and 'big sister' in Chinese – were found on September 11 and 21 last year, respectively. The defendant had told police the excrement from the dogs' visits to the monastery was affecting the hygiene situation in his kitchen.
South China Morning Post
05-06-2025
- South China Morning Post
Chef at Hong Kong monastery admits to cruelty after tying 2 dogs up in bags
A chef at a prominent Buddhist monastery in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to three counts of animal cruelty after dragging and stuffing two dogs in nylon bags and releasing them on grounds far away from the kitchen, saying he wanted to maintain the facility's hygiene. West Kowloon Court heard on Thursday that the two stray mongrels were fed by staff at the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, with the 65-year-old defendant Ng Sing-yiu committing the offences outside the premises' Hung Uk Dormitory last year. At around noon on August 13, Ng captured the dogs, placed them in nylon bags and tied them up tightly. He then drove them to a car park in San Shek Wan, also on the island, and released the dogs there about an hour later. The dogs, known as 'Dai Mui' and 'Sai Mui' – meaning 'big sister' and 'little sister' in Chinese – are brown-and-black mongrels. The defendant said the excrement from the dogs' visits to the monastery was affecting the hygiene situation in his kitchen, the court heard. The two dogs were eventually found in September.
