KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Malaya is conducting internal operations to address the presence of stray dogs on its campus in response to the string of cat deaths at the university recently.
Brickfields district police chief ACP Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood said the university regularly updated police on its actions to control stray dogs in the area.
“This is an internal action by the university’s management.
“The operation to capture these stray dogs is conducted with assistance from animal activists,” he said during a case item disposal ceremony at the Brickfields district police headquarters yesterday, Bernama reported.
He said a post-mortem on a cat’s carcass, as stated in a police report received on Jan 2, revealed that the death was caused by bites from a wild animal.
This brings the total number of confirmed cat deaths at the university due to such attacks to five.
Previously, police recorded 11 statements from lecturers, students, auxiliary police, animal activists and veterinarians in relation to the case.
On Jan 5, it was reported that another cat was found dead in the campus. However, no investigation was carried out as it was deemed the work of stray dogs.
Separately, ACP Ku Mashariman said the disposal yesterday involved 1,874 case items from 101 investigation papers from 2019 to 2024, with a total value of RM387,227.
Among the items disposed of were air pistols with metal pellets, mobile phones, computers, cigarettes and alcoholic beverages.Also present were Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge Rosli Ahmad and Kuala Lumpur deputy public prosecutor Sabri Othman.
