Malaysia's pirated disc-sniffing dog dies: report

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — A dog trained to sniff out pirated discs, from a Malaysian unit which criminals have made threats against, has been found dead in the undisclosed location where it was kept, a report said on Sunday.

The New Straits Times said that Manny, a one-year-old golden Labrador which arrived in Malaysia in February, died about a week ago and that authorities were trying to determine the cause of death.

"We have sent Manny's body to University Putra Malaysia for a post-mortem," said Roslan Mahayuddin, the enforcement director of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

"He had not started work yet so I doubt that there was anyone who wanted to harm him," Roslan said, according to the newspaper.

Manny and another dog Paddy were the...