Huang Qiting, the sister of 2019 Miss Hong Kong champion Huang Jiawen, posted a video on social media, showing that following a kitten was put into the washing machine, the washing machine was suspected to spin for 14 seconds. Huang Qiting was convicted of one count of cruelty to animals following the trial. Today (21st), she was sentenced to an 80-hour social service order in the Tuen Mun Court and had to pay more than HK$20,000 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the kitten’s accommodation and medical treatment. cost. However, when she arrived at the court this morning, she was interrupted by the security guard for refusing to scan “Go with peace of mind”. After being disturbed for nearly 5 minutes, the security guard used her mobile phone to scan the code on her behalf, and the incident caused further controversy.
The 28-year-old defendant Huang Qiting reported that an insurance practitioner was accused of brutally treating a cat in a unit in Tin Chak Village, Tin Shui Wai, on February 7, 2021, causing it to suffer any unnecessary suffering. The defendant had kept the cat for nearly 5 years. After the ruling, the prosecution once applied for the cat to be transferred to the care of the Animal Protection Association. At that time, the magistrate considered factors such as the facts of the case and the defendant’s lack of violent tendencies, and approved the return of the kitten to the defendant’s care. In the earlier ruling, The magistrate ruled that the defendant was the one who started the washing machine in the clip, and her motive for putting the kitten in the washing machine was to retaliate for having urinated on her underwear. According to veterinary expert testimony, the kitten was “thrown around” inside the rotating machinery and might not escape, possibly causing psychological and physical trauma.
When sentencing today, the magistrate said that the defendant added emojis to the cat abuse clips and uploaded them to the Internet for publicity and sharing. His behavior ignored the suffering of the kitten. But following the defendant was convicted, she took the initiative to seek the help of a training instructor in an attempt to improve her relationship with the kitten. In addition, considering that the kitten was not seriously injured, the injury was not permanent, and that he agreed that the defendant’s nature was not bad and that he had learned lessons from this case, the report’s recommendation was accepted and the defendant was sentenced to perform an 80-hour social service order.
Case number: TMCC 1457/2021