Two mistreated horses rescued in Batu Ferringhi crackdown

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The Penang Island City Council on Sept 5 rescued two horses from an illegally built shed during an operation to curtail unauthorised horseback riding along Batu Ferringhi beach.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00This morning, Bandaraya Pulau Pinang has conducted a joint operation to suppress horse activity in Batu Peringgi.

00:18So this is a series of various complaints that we received related to horse activity on the beach and for the safety of the public.

00:26So the state government has also issued an order that horse banning starts on September 1 around Batu Peringgi beach.

00:35We have confirmed that the cage or the cage of the horse built illegally, we have also sent a notice under Section 81B of the local government

00:46for the cage or the cage that causes the movement or the movement is not well maintained.

00:53So we got a notice that caused the movement of the horse to fall into the river.

00:57If we look at it earlier, one of the horses was injured quite badly.

01:01There are injuries on the feet and also on the body.

01:06They said they imported a little bit from the turf club.

01:11I think this process took about a year.

01:17In fact, we also had an operation in February.

01:19That day, we were able to catch two horses.

01:21There were many operations, but all on the beach.

01:23But this time, those controlled by Rohinya have begun to run away when they see us.

01:28So the difficulty of being caught on the beach due to safety factors, so today we went to the cage to get rid of it.

01:34This land is actually government land.

01:36If you look at the side, there is a river.

01:38Indeed, it is the government reserve that has been allocated by the local government of East Sea Land.

01:43So because of that, he said he had rented it.

01:46The owner said he had rented it from an individual.

01:49We are not sure who.

01:50But the owner said he just paid the rent and he built a cage here illegally.

01:54We suspect there may be three or four cages around Batu Finggi that may be hidden behind villages.

02:04But this is really on the side of the road that we are not sure.

02:07And indeed on government land.

02:09There are also those on private land, where the notice has been submitted and we will take action after this.

02:14Controlling foreigners.

02:16If you look along Batu Finggi, it is indeed a foreign citizen who owns the UNCHR.

02:21And indeed, we have been caught several times, but in the end we were released.

02:25There is nothing we can do.

02:27Indeed, there is no time.

02:28Every operation we do every day.

02:30But as usual, they get smarter, they sit on the horse.

02:33As soon as they see a member in uniform, they immediately run.

02:35And we are worried that when the horse runs, it will cause harm to the people.

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