Police Pocket Cat Butcher In Medan

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MEDAN - Medan Area Police is still investigating the cat slaughter case in Medan. This case went viral after the cat owner posted it on Instagram.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Medan Area Police, Iptu Rianto, said that the investigation of the cat butcher case is now in the stage of pocketing the names of the perpetrators. The perpetrator is suspected of having the initials NS, a resident of Jalan Tangguk Bongkar VII, Medan.

"The victim has already made a report, and only today we want to complete the witnesses, who was his friend Sonia (the victim) yesterday and what was the statement. Hopefully there can be a meeting point quickly. The alleged perpetrator is one person, NS," said Rianto, Friday, 29 January.

Rianto explained that when officers investigated the location of the slaughterhouse, they found the cat's limbs.

However, what the officer found was not part of Sonia's cat. The victim has buried his cat's head.

According to Rianto, the perpetrator could be charged under Article 302 of the Criminal Code for mistreating animals. This article is considered too light.

"But we can also use Article 362 of the Criminal Code, theft, because this cat is a Persian cat has a value. This theft has all or part of it, he wants to have it because the meat is sold," he continued.

Butcher case. This cat surfaced after Sonia, who lost a cat, received information about the pet theft case.

"Then he looked for it, finally got it and met him in the Tangguk Bongkar area, yes. Then he opened it in one gunny he found it, allegedly the head of the cat. So, yesterday he did not know who the thief was, only as far as he knew the suspected perpetrator was his house there and everyone else. he knew he was a cat butcher, "said Rianto.

Initially, Sonia reported to the Percut Sei Tuan Police. But there, Sonia was advised to go to the Medan Area Police, on the grounds that the location of the incident was not their jurisdiction.

"Just when I want to report someone laughing, because with a cat butcher, maybe people are amused to hear it. That's human. There are lots of people in pickets, taking care of all kinds of things, and wearing plain clothes. So, he went home and didn't go to the Medan Area Police, posted on IG, that's why it's viral, "said Rianto.