(CN/TW) Another Internet Manhunt for A Cat Killer

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[Poster's note: HK based Roland Soong translates and comments on articles in

the Chinese press in his blog, EastSouthWestNorth.

 

The following post was on the blog today, with some 'mock up' images of

people/a building (from the Apple news story) showing the detective work

done by the Chinese and Taiwanese cat activists. Too bad the law let them

down after all their effort.]

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EastSouthWestNorth:

 

Another Internet Manhunt for A Cat Killer (08/01/2006)

 

Recently, about a dozen photos were circulated on mainland Chinese websites

showing cats being tied and tortured by boiling water, feeding pepper water,

etc. The person with alias Catkiller wrote (in simplified Chinese) updates

such as: " This morning, the cat urinated again so I taught her a lesson. I

only slammed into the ground and she broke some bones. So I had to threw

the cat out. Dear netizens, I am sorry if I did not take any photos. If

you like, I will adopt more cats and get some more fun! "

 

Outraged citizens began to scrutinize the photos very carefully. There was

a copy of United Daily News and a bottle of Attack liquid laundry detergent,

so the location was believed to be in Taiwan rather than mainland China.

 

So more than 50 people at Taiwan's Cat forum began a campaign to find

Catkiller. Through the assistance of someone inside a telecom company, they

locked the IP address of the forum poster down to a district in Taipei City.

It so happened that one of the photos showed a building in the background.

So the netizens canvassed the neighborhood, comparing each and every

building against the photo until they found the right one.

 

So the police were notified. When they spoke to the suspect, they verified

that he had a black mole on his wrist just like one of the photos showed.

 

Yes, but so what, though? Under Taiwan law for protection of animals, this

person has been fined NT$50,000 subject to appeal. Meanwhile, the Catkiller

has gone on the Internet to say that he has four more kittens at home: " I

will handle them one after another and show you the photographs.

Afterwards, I will leave the broken-boned bodies at the local bus stop. "

There is no legal basis for the police to enter the apartment to effect a

rescue (note: the fire safety law permits an emergency entry to save human

lives only).

 

(Apple Daily)

http://www.appledaily.com.tw/AppleNews/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Article & NewsType=twa\

pple & Loc=TP & showdate=20060801 & Sec_ID=5 & Art_ID=2788692

 

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