Taiwan outrage over Macau ‘cat-killer’

A student from Macau has caused widespread outrage in Taiwan after it emerged that he had captured and killed a stray cat for no apparent reason, according to a story published on Focus Taiwan.
The student, bearing the surname Chen, was questioned on December 30 and 31 by police in Taiwan after having been accused of torturing and killing the popular stray cat, called “Big Orange”.
Chen, whose actions were caught on surveillance camera, admitted to having killed the cat and showed police the exact location where he had hidden the animal’s body: on the campus of the National Taiwan University.
The incident has caused considerable outrage in Taiwan, where an online petition with over 14,000 signatures has demanded that the tertiary institution expel the student.
The petition also called for Chen to be prevented from leaving the island so that he can stand trial.
“This cruel and cold-blooded person has no right to receive a college education. It would be best to send him to jail,” one internet-user wrote on the petition page, according to Focus Taiwan.