Collaborator fined

Singapore - A cook was fined 4,000 Singapore dollars (2,800 US) for feeding monkeys in a nature reserve, the steepest fine ever handed out for the offence in the city-state, news reports said Thursday. Panneerselvam Arunasalam admitted that he had fed the animals bread on August 5.

Feeding monkeys endangers both the animals and humans, National Parks Board prosecutor M Maniam told the court, according to The Straits Times.

"It alters the monkeys' natural behaviour adversely, as it makes them reliant on humans for food instead of foraging for food on their own in the forest," Maniam was quoted as saying.

Biggest-ever fine for cook who fed nature-reserve monkeys : Asia World