ALOR STAR: A thief stole five imported pedigreed cats from the home of an entrepreneur at Simpang Empat here yesterday morning.
The pure-breed felines – four Persians and a Maine Coon – had cost their owner, Mohd Hisham Mat Isa, RM5,000 to import.
A despondent Mohd Hisham, 42, said he realised his beloved cats were missing at 6.30am after noticing a hole in the steel cage where he kept his 14 felines.
“I checked the closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) footage. The culprit was a man (who was) probably in his 20s.
“(The thief) entered the premises from the front, before making a cut in the cage and fleeing with my five cats,” he said.
Mohd Hisham said he lodged a police report at the Simpang Empat police station at 11.30am the same day, and will hand over the CCTV recording to police to assist in the investigation.
He said his premises, located by the roadside, is often the target of criminals. Earlier this year, thieves stole 38 fig trees that he had planted. -- BERNAMA