The message below has been sent to the following:

o    Ketua Polis Daerah Timur Laut Pulau Pinang
o    Pejabat Tourism Malaysia Pulau Pinang
o    Pejabat Tourism Malaysia (HQ)
o    Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang
o    Editor of The STAR

Those of you who has witnessed the incidence, I encourage you to also write in.

Tuan

SUBJECT : LAPORAN POLIS

My Kuala Lumpur friends and I had a horrific experience at the beach next to Park Royal hotel, Penang, on 10/02/08 at about 5 pm. We brought our dogs to that particular stretch of beach just in front of Sunset Café. There were many foreign tourists drinking beer and eating at the café. While I was walking toward the sea with my dog, a bottle flew pass missing me by a few inches. Immediately after that, a group of illegal parasailing operators shouted at me demanding that I take my dog and leave the beach. One of the tourists at the café requested that they (illegal parasailing operators) should be the ones leaving the place. The illegal parasailing operators then demanded RM5,000 from the tourist if they were to leave the place.

This ugly incidence has painted a bad picture about Penang to the many foreign tourists and my KL friends there. Such gangster act against dog lovers cannot be tolerated. We hope the relevant Authorities do not turn a blind eye on this matter. They cannot continue with their illegal activities and act as if they own the beaches of Penang.

Yours truly,

SAM NG