Perak Teen Who Shot A Monkey For Not Saying "Baby Sayang" Says He Did It For Fun

A tweet of the 19-second video has garnered over 19,000 retweets since it was posted on 18 May.

When the frightened monkey did not respond, he counted to three, and then shot the animal in the head with a Glock sidearm.

Afterwards, he tossed the cage and the monkey's carcass into a river in Bota.

"Whatever the excuse may be to justify the shooting of the animal, this is animal cruelty and heartless. Worst of all, how could the person even record the act on video for public consumption? This should not have happened," the president of the Malaysia Animal Association was quoted as saying by Coconuts KL.

Water, Land, and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar also called for an investigation on Twitter.

"The teenager admitted that he took his father's gun while he was sleeping in the banana orchard’s shed on the day of the incident," Perak police chief Datuk Razarudin Husain Razarudin said in a press conference on 23 May.

Police seized a black Glock .42 automatic pistol, a gun holster, 12 bullets and the father's firearm permit from their home in Taman Kenangan.

"We advise licensed firearm owners to be more careful with their weapon and to keep it in a safe place not accessible by their children," he said, according to Malay Mail.

The pair will be remanded until 26 May for further investigations under Section 39 of the Firearms Act 1960 and Section 428 of the Penal Code.