Dog attack: Owner admits

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Nov 13, 2009
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Terri Chua, seen here with Mon Mon, says he has learnt to be strict with a young dog. -- ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK
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ONE minute Mon Mon was sitting quietly by a park bench, the next it was in a frenzy at the sight of a five-year-old boy playing nearby. The two-year-old mongrel broke free from its owner's grip, pouncing on and biting the French boy before moving on to attack two other children at Tavistock Park in Serangoon Gardens on Jan 27 this year. On Thursday, Terri Chua, 46, pleaded guilty to three charges of being the owner of a dog which injured children that afternoon. The court heard that even though Chua was holding onto the leash, Mon Mon was able to break loose and attack the five-year-old. The boy had been playing on his own while his mother sat on another bench in the park. Chua chased his dog away from the screaming boy but it then ran towards two other children playing in the park.
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Dec 10, 2009
Fined $9,000 for dog attack
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The man whose mongrel bit three children in January was fined $9,000 on three charges on Thursday. It was Mr Terri Chua's first brush with the law but not the first time that his dog Mon Mon had created trouble. -- ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK

<!-- story content : start --> THE man whose mongrel bit three children in January was fined $9,000 on three charges on Thursday. It was Mr Terri Chua's first brush with the law but not the first time that his dog Mon Mon had created trouble. About two years ago, the yellow, short-haired mongrel had bolted out of Mr Chua's Serangoon Garden's home; pouncing on a jogger passing by and chasing her for some distance. That jogger filed a police report and Mr Chua, 46, was given a warning. Since then, the corporate trainer said he and his family always made sure someone was holding onto the two-year-old dog whenever the gate was opened. He said the dog gave no trouble at home, even to his children aged nine and 10. Mon Mon was friendly and playful with the family but when it came to strangers was easily excited, said Mr Chua. He told The Straits Times that Mon Mon was leashed when he walked the dog in Tavistock Park in January. There were some children playing there and when Mon Mon broke free of Mr Chua's grip it pounced onto a boy. By the time he got hold of Mon Mon, it had hurt two other children. He took the dog home and returned to the park, where he found police waiting for him. 'I took all the precautions that I could. I had him on a leash and it was in my hand. It just so happened that we were at the wrong place at the wrong time,' he said. The Chuas have no plans to put Mon Mon to sleep. Nor will they muzzle the dog.

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