A community cat named King Kong was found brutally killed in Yishun on Friday morning, prompting Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam to condemn the act as “appalling cruelty”.
The cat, which was well-loved by local feeders, was discovered in a horrific state near Oleander Breeze @ Yishun HDB estate at around 6:15am on 9 May 2025.
“A community cat in Yishun had been tortured, eyes gouged out, body cut up and organs split,” Shanmugam wrote in a Facebook post on Friday night.
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“What kind of person would do such a thing?”
The minister, who is also a Member of Parliament in Nee Soon GRC where the incident occurred, added: “This is not who we are as a people.”
Gruesome Discovery
The cat’s regular feeder, identified as Min Kaung, 25, reported the incident on the Sayang Our Singapore’s Community Cats Facebook page, alerting the community that “a cat killer is at large in Yishun” and appealing for witnesses.
“The cat’s name is King Kong and he was well-loved. I fed him daily and cannot believe this news,” she wrote.
Min Kaung told The Straits Times that King Kong’s body was found on the road at the entrance to the HDB estate.
She suspected that it was deliberately placed there to make it appear as if the cat was a victim of a hit-and-run accident.
“His eyes looked gouged out and his left thigh and body looked [like it was] slashed by sharp objects,” she explained.
Community Response
The brutal killing has shocked the local community, with pet owners and feeders in the area now keeping a close watch on the three other community cats that live there.
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In a comment on her post, Min Kaung mentioned that King Kong’s “buddy”, a grey-and-brown cat, was seen staying near the carcass after the incident.
Pet lovers in Nee Soon South are currently looking out for the other community cats in the area, hoping to prevent further incidents.
Investigation Underway
The National Parks Board (NParks) confirmed they had received feedback about a cat found dead in Yishun Street 51 and are investigating the incident.
Jessica Kwok, NParks’ group director of enforcement and investigation, told The Straits Times that they take all feedback received on animal cruelty seriously.
“As with all investigations, all forms of evidence are crucial to the process, and photographic and/or video-graphic evidence provided by the public will help,” Kwok stated.
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Members of the public with information about suspected cases of animal cruelty are encouraged to report them promptly to NParks’ Animal Response Centre at 1800-476-1600 or through their feedback and enquiry website.
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