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  • From: amos kenigsberg <phos4escent AT yahoo.com>
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  • Subject: [monkeywire] Indian politician produces monkey's arm in parliament
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:16:05 -0700

Indian politician produces monkey's arm in parliament
July 23, 2003
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_802483.html

An Indian politician shocked his colleagues in state parliament by producing the roasted arm of a monkey during a debate on law and order.

Okram Joy Singh's dramatic gesture in the Manipur Assembly was intended to demonstrate the failure of the police force to stop poaching.

He said a wildlife protection group had seized the meat from a woman who was selling it openly in front of police headquarters in the state capital Imphal.

Poaching in the northeastern state is punishable by up to six years in prison, reports the Telegraph of Calcutta.

When the lawmaker, a senior member of the opposition, began unwrapping the polythene bag containing the meat, the deputy speaker tried to prevent him from doing so saying the stench would be unbearable.

Mr Singh however claimed that it would not raise a stink because it was roasted, and went on to place the charred remains of the baby monkey's arm on a table.

He wanted to know what action was being taken by the police against the woman and accused them of "doing nothing to check killing and sale of animals, which are protected by the state Wildlife Protection Act."






  • [monkeywire] Indian politician produces monkey's arm in parliament, amos kenigsberg, 07/24/2003

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