June 18, 2004

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Hong Kong has found another master criminal, capable of matching the Triads, in standing up to HK's best and avoiding capture. The SCMP reports:

...conservation officers were yesterday forced into an hour-long stakeout involving an elusive monkey with only one good arm. The rhesus monkey appeared at Po Leung Kuk Tong Nai Kan College in Mei Foo early yesterday morning. School staff, anxious to avoid any disruption to students taking exams, called for help and several officers were sent about 11am. Seeing the monkey on the school roof, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department officers decided to hide and watch it to ensure it did not create any mischief or disturb the students. "Classes were still on, so we chose to monitor the monkey," an AFCD spokesman said.

Once classes ended, the officers approached the monkey, but it gave them the slip and headed onto a nearby hillside. "Whenever we have cases of monkeys near residential areas or people, we try at first to make them go back into the wilderness," the spokesman said. Although the monkey had an injured left arm, the handicap did not hamper his swift escape into the wild.

Police have asked the public to be on the lookout for the monkey, who they say is carrying an arm.*

Thank goodness the Government has realised the tourism potential of "wild"-life and quickly found a replacement for HK's previous ellusive reptile.

* I may have made that last bit up, but what a pun.

posted by Simon on 06.18.04 at 09:26 AM in the




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