Miss Earth 2019 Finalist Lirabica Condemns Cat Torture Perpetrators

JAKARTA - Miss Earth 2019 finalists Lirabica condemned the violence against cats allegedly carried out by two individuals suspected of working in the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) 2 Marketing division, whose video went viral on Instagram social media.

In the viral video, it is clear that a man stepped on the head of a cat until his cat struggled to breathe. This heinous act received thousands of comments of criticism from netizens. "It is terrible to torture the weak creature of Allah," Lirbica told reporters, Monday, August 11.

He continued, for the heinous actions of these individuals, he and the cat lover community reported the heinous incident to the authorities.

"Alhamdulillah, I have arrived in Indonesia and went straight to the TKP. Thank you very much for the reports and information from PIK 2 residents and the Indonesian people. Thank God this case has been handled by the Indonesian National Police," he said.

Moreover, said Lirabica, one of the people in the video, who is a level employee, the manager, had time to confiscate cellphones to eliminate evidence.

"The one who took the cellphone was an employee whose level was already a manager with the initials E and we have reported it to the police," he said.

"It is heinous to torture the weak creatures of Allah and accompanied by confiscation of personal goods to eliminate evidence. This is of course a special concern for unscrupulous employees at PIK," he said.