Cat thrown from Yishun block by intellectually disabled man, 41

A 41-year-old man with moderate intellectual disability was sentenced to 18 months' probation after throwing a cat from a Yishun HDB block, in a case that drew attention to animal cruelty and the intersection of mental capacity with criminal culpability in Singapore. Lee Wai Leong was convicted of the offence and appeared before the courts on 7 June 2016. The sentencing of probation rather than imprisonment reflected the court's consideration of his intellectual disability as a significant mitigating factor. The incident added to Yishun's documented history of animal cruelty cases, a pattern that has periodically alarmed residents and animal welfare advocates in the estate.