https://wiki.sg/index.php?title=Boon_Lay_Cat_Murder_(2022)&feed=atom&action=historyBoon Lay Cat Murder (2022) - Revision history2024-03-29T10:59:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.2https://wiki.sg/index.php?title=Boon_Lay_Cat_Murder_(2022)&diff=11853&oldid=prevKimberly Wong at 18:17, 22 December 20222022-12-22T18:17:57Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A Boon Lay community cat, affectionately known as Panther by the residents, was found dead near Block 186 Boon Lay Avenue.<ref name=":0">“[https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/avs-probe-underway-after-video-emerges-showing-boy-throwing-cat-off-22nd-storey-of-hdb-block AVS probe under way after video shows boy throwing cat off 22nd storey of HDB block]”. ''The Straits Times''. December 16, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Panther died from an unnatural cause and was discovered to be due to the impact of falling from a height.<ref name=":0" /> This case sparked off many citizens’ fury as the perpetrator is a minor and has not been arrested nor taken into custody as of 21 December 2022.<ref name=":0" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A Boon Lay community cat, affectionately known as Panther by the residents, was found dead near Block 186 Boon Lay Avenue.<ref name=":0">“[https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/avs-probe-underway-after-video-emerges-showing-boy-throwing-cat-off-22nd-storey-of-hdb-block AVS probe under way after video shows boy throwing cat off 22nd storey of HDB block]”. ''The Straits Times''. December 16, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Panther died from an unnatural cause and was discovered to be due to the impact of falling from a height.<ref name=":0" /> This case sparked off many citizens’ fury as the perpetrator is a minor and has not been arrested nor taken into custody as of 21 December 2022.<ref name=":0" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">14th </del>December <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Wednesday)</del>, Umi Solikati, 39 year-old, Boon Lay resident had reportedly found their community cat, Panther, dead near Block 186 Boon Lay Avenue around 2pm, according to The Straits Times.<ref name=":0" /> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>cat had been thrown off the 22nd floor of a Block in Boon Lay. The perpetrator was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">revealed to be </del>a 10 year<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-</del>old boy.<ref name=":1">“[https://news.yahoo.com/singaporean-boy-caught-camera-flinging-220835434.html Singaporean boy caught on camera flinging cat off 22nd floor triggers punishment debate].” ''Yahoo! News''. December 20, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">14 </ins>December <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2022</ins>, Umi Solikati, 39 year-old, Boon Lay resident had reportedly found their community cat, Panther, dead near Block 186 Boon Lay Avenue around 2pm, according to The Straits Times.<ref name=":0" /> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It was later revealed that the </ins>cat had been thrown off the 22nd floor of a Block in Boon Lay. The perpetrator was a 10 year old boy.<ref name=":1">“[https://news.yahoo.com/singaporean-boy-caught-camera-flinging-220835434.html Singaporean boy caught on camera flinging cat off 22nd floor triggers punishment debate].” ''Yahoo! News''. December 20, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Upon confrontation, the boy in question initially denied his actions. He later confessed to this act on further questioning.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">“[https://mothership.sg/2022/12/boon-lay-cat-makeshift-memorial/?utm_source=tele&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=MS Boon Lay cat Panther's makeshift memorial flooded by flowers & soft toys as S'poreans honour him]”. ''Mothership''. December 20,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022</ref> The boy has said that he did it as he <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">‘did </del>not receive love and care from his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">family’</del>.<ref name=":2<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" /></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Upon confrontation, the boy in question initially denied his actions. He later confessed to this act on further questioning.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">“[https://mothership.sg/2022/12/boon-lay-cat-makeshift-memorial/?utm_source=tele&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=MS Boon Lay cat Panther's makeshift memorial flooded by flowers & soft toys as S'poreans honour him]”. ''Mothership''. December 20,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022</ref> The boy has said that he did it as he <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"did </ins>not receive love and care from his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">family"</ins>.<ref name=":2" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chan Mui Mui, 49, another Boon Lay resident who regularly fed the cats, had told Straits Times that Panther’s death wasn’t an outlying incident and that there had been 5 cats being thrown off the same block in the past 2-3 years.<ref name=":0</del>" /></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nadya Im created a [https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-cat-being-thrown-from-22nd-floor-of-blk-186-boon-lay-avenue?recruiter=934996254&recruited_by_id=4d4cbdc0-2b4a-11e9-8f10-957b0ddef96d&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium&fbclid=IwAR1XUSQqJ7mFfgYpvH72VCJN6eq7AmpbamDyhc4ZOobrIXDjpofRYqkvIuc Change.org Petition, Justice for Panther], shortly after the video had been posted.<ref name=":3">“[https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-cat-being-thrown-from-22nd-floor-of-blk-186-boon-lay-avenue?recruiter=934996254&recruited_by_id=4d4cbdc0-2b4a-11e9-8f10-957b0ddef96d&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium&fbclid=IwAR1XUSQqJ7mFfgYpvH72VCJN6eq7AmpbamDyhc4ZOobrIXDjpofRYqkvIuc Justice For Panther]”. ''Change.org''. December 15,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref>As of December 2022, over 66,000 signatures have been collected.<ref name=":3" /></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Many [https://www.reddit.com/r/askSingapore/comments/zndvqr/should_the_boy_who_threw_the_cat_be_punished/ redditors’ sentiments] were that the boy should be held accountable for his actions regardless of his age.<ref name=":4">“[https://www.reddit.com/r/askSingapore/comments/zndvqr/should_the_boy_who_threw_the_cat_be_punished/ Should the boy who threw the cat be punished?]”. ''Reddit''. December 16,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Majority of the comments said that “he knew what he was doing” and some even suggested his very act of animal cruelty could be “early signs of psychopathy”.</del><<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref name=":4" </del>/></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A [https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-cat-being-thrown-from-22nd-floor-of-blk-186-boon-lay-avenue?recruiter=934996254&recruited_by_id=4d4cbdc0-2b4a-11e9-8f10-957b0ddef96d&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium=&lang=en-GB Change.org Petition] seeking Justice for Panther was created shortly after the video was posted by Nadya Im to bring the issue to the attention of Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law.<ref name=":3">“[https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-cat-being-thrown-from-22nd-floor-of-blk-186-boon-lay-avenue?recruiter=934996254&recruited_by_id=4d4cbdc0-2b4a-11e9-8f10-957b0ddef96d&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium&fbclid=IwAR1XUSQqJ7mFfgYpvH72VCJN6eq7AmpbamDyhc4ZOobrIXDjpofRYqkvIuc Justice For Panther]”. ''Change.org''. December 15,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> As of December 2022, over 69,144 signatures have been collected.<ref name=":3" /></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On 16 December 2022, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/askSingapore/comments/zndvqr/should_the_boy_who_threw_the_cat_be_punished/ Reddit thread] was also created in the community r/askSingapore discussing whether or not the boy or his guardians should be the ones responsible for his actions.<ref name=":4">“[https://www.reddit.com/r/askSingapore/comments/zndvqr/should_the_boy_who_threw_the_cat_be_punished/ Should the boy who threw the cat be punished?]”. ''Reddit''. December 16,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Majority of the users who commented pushed for punishing stating that perpetrator "knew what he was doing”, with some raising concerns about his actions and the link to psychopathy.<ref name=":4" /></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Panther’s memorial.png|thumb|''Panther’s memorial. Photo adapted from[https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Tiktok] and [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160117645481664&set=pcb.5696157900420727 Facebook].'']]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Panther’s memorial.png|thumb|''Panther’s memorial. Photo adapted from[https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Tiktok] and [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160117645481664&set=pcb.5696157900420727 Facebook].'']]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Boon Lay residents held a makeshift memorial for Panther on 17 December 2022.<ref>“[https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Rest in peace Panther, we loved you… #fyp #sgviral #fypシ #viralvideo #catsoftiktok #cat #kucing #viraltiktok #budakdegil #dangerboy #boonlay]” ''Tiktok''. December 16, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Tiktok user @ummycatty posted a [https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 video] of the makeshift memorial.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Kimberly Wonghttps://wiki.sg/index.php?title=Boon_Lay_Cat_Murder_(2022)&diff=11851&oldid=prevEditorial Assistant: Created Boon Lay Cat Murder (2022)2022-12-22T03:50:55Z<p>Created Boon Lay Cat Murder (2022)</p>
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A Boon Lay community cat, affectionately known as Panther by the residents, was found dead near Block 186 Boon Lay Avenue.<ref name=":0">“[https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/avs-probe-underway-after-video-emerges-showing-boy-throwing-cat-off-22nd-storey-of-hdb-block AVS probe under way after video shows boy throwing cat off 22nd storey of HDB block]”. ''The Straits Times''. December 16, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Panther died from an unnatural cause and was discovered to be due to the impact of falling from a height.<ref name=":0" /> This case sparked off many citizens’ fury as the perpetrator is a minor and has not been arrested nor taken into custody as of 21 December 2022.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Details of incident ==<br />
On the 14th December (Wednesday), Umi Solikati, 39 year-old, Boon Lay resident had reportedly found their community cat, Panther, dead near Block 186 Boon Lay Avenue around 2pm, according to The Straits Times.<ref name=":0" /> The cat had been thrown off the 22nd floor of a Block in Boon Lay. The perpetrator was revealed to be a 10 year-old boy.<ref name=":1">“[https://news.yahoo.com/singaporean-boy-caught-camera-flinging-220835434.html Singaporean boy caught on camera flinging cat off 22nd floor triggers punishment debate].” ''Yahoo! News''. December 20, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022</ref> <br />
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Upon confrontation, the boy in question initially denied his actions. He later confessed to this act on further questioning.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">“[https://mothership.sg/2022/12/boon-lay-cat-makeshift-memorial/?utm_source=tele&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=MS Boon Lay cat Panther's makeshift memorial flooded by flowers & soft toys as S'poreans honour him]”. ''Mothership''. December 20,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022</ref> The boy has said that he did it as he ‘did not receive love and care from his family’.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Chan Mui Mui, 49, another Boon Lay resident who regularly fed the cats, had told Straits Times that Panther’s death wasn’t an outlying incident and that there had been 5 cats being thrown off the same block in the past 2-3 years.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Responses ==<br />
A 1-minute [https://youtu.be/xZVtFj8ekHg video] of the incident taking place circulated on the internet on Thursday.<ref name=":0" /> There has been a heated debate to which the boy should receive legal punishment for his actions as a minor.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Change.org Petition ===<br />
Nadya Im created a [https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-cat-being-thrown-from-22nd-floor-of-blk-186-boon-lay-avenue?recruiter=934996254&recruited_by_id=4d4cbdc0-2b4a-11e9-8f10-957b0ddef96d&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium&fbclid=IwAR1XUSQqJ7mFfgYpvH72VCJN6eq7AmpbamDyhc4ZOobrIXDjpofRYqkvIuc Change.org Petition, Justice for Panther], shortly after the video had been posted.<ref name=":3">“[https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-cat-being-thrown-from-22nd-floor-of-blk-186-boon-lay-avenue?recruiter=934996254&recruited_by_id=4d4cbdc0-2b4a-11e9-8f10-957b0ddef96d&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium&fbclid=IwAR1XUSQqJ7mFfgYpvH72VCJN6eq7AmpbamDyhc4ZOobrIXDjpofRYqkvIuc Justice For Panther]”. ''Change.org''. December 15,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref>As of December 2022, over 66,000 signatures have been collected.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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=== Reddit Thread Discussion ===<br />
Many [https://www.reddit.com/r/askSingapore/comments/zndvqr/should_the_boy_who_threw_the_cat_be_punished/ redditors’ sentiments] were that the boy should be held accountable for his actions regardless of his age.<ref name=":4">“[https://www.reddit.com/r/askSingapore/comments/zndvqr/should_the_boy_who_threw_the_cat_be_punished/ Should the boy who threw the cat be punished?]”. ''Reddit''. December 16,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Majority of the comments said that “he knew what he was doing” and some even suggested his very act of animal cruelty could be “early signs of psychopathy”.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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== Further Developments ==<br />
[[File:Panther’s memorial.png|thumb|''Panther’s memorial. Photo adapted from[https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Tiktok] and [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160117645481664&set=pcb.5696157900420727 Facebook].'']]<br />
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=== Panther’s Memorial ===<br />
The Boon Lay residents held a makeshift memorial for Panther on 17th December 2022.<ref>“[https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Rest in peace Panther, we loved you… #fyp #sgviral #fypシ #viralvideo #catsoftiktok #cat #kucing #viraltiktok #budakdegil #dangerboy #boonlay]” ''Tiktok''. December 16, 2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> Tiktok user @ummycatty posted a [https://www.tiktok.com/@ummycaty/video/7177691465479392513?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 video] of the makeshift memorial.<br />
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Many visited the memorial subsequently and it was soon filled with flowers, canned cat food and stuffed animals.<ref>Janet Cashcash Chin. “[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160117645481664&set=pcb.5696157900420727 at Blk 186 @ Boonlay]”. ''Facebook''. December 20,2022. Accessed on 21 December 2022.</ref> <br />
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== References / Citations ==</div>Editorial Assistant