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March 13, 2009
Woman mistaken for monkey
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_349651.html

KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) - POLICE say a man in Malaysia shot his neighbor as
she picked sapodilla fruit (chiku) in his tree thinking it was a monkey.

Police chief in eastern Pahang state Yahaya Othman says Zainab Mohamath Ali
was gathering fruit on Thursday when her neighbour shot her.

Mr Yahaya says the man came home and saw rustling in the tree and fired into
it. 'Then there was screaming ... and only then did he know it was his
neighbour.'

He says Zainab is hospitalized with a wound to the abdomen but her condition
was stable on Friday.

He says police were investigating the man, a volunteer security corps
member, for illegally discharging a firearm, which carries a maximum prison
term of two years. -- AP