Compiled by YUEN MEIKENG, THO XIN YI and R.ARAVINTHAN

VISITORS plucked the feathers of six peacocks at a zoo in Yangzhou, China, according to China Press.

A video showed two of the peacocks stripped of their tails. The birds were also found to be bleeding.

The zoo in Jiangsu province operates as a petting zoo and allows visitors to get up close with the animals.

A zoo employee said a similar incident happened in the past, adding that the zoo would consider blacklisting visitors who harmed the animals.

> A motor shop owner in Sleman, Yogyakarta, has apologised for forcing a boy to douse himself with engine oil as a punishment, the same daily reported.

The man said he punished the boy when he caught him trying to steal from his shop.

He said he asked the boy to call his parents to come to the shop, but the boy claimed they could not make it. It was later learnt that the boy was an orphan.

Expressing remorse, the shop owner said after discussing with his wife, they have decided to sponsor the boy’s education.

> A Chinese passenger opened an aircraft’s emergency exit door because he felt the cabin was too stuffy, Nanyang Siang Pau reported.

The aircraft had already landed at the Sichuan airport when the incident happened.

The 25-year-old said he was not aware that it was an emergency exit. His action activated the plane’s inflated slide. He was later arrested by the police.

The airline said it would claim 70,000 yuan (RM43,000) from the passenger for the damage he caused.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.