Songkhla Provincial Court sentenced a 56-year-old man to six months in prison and fined him 50,000 baht over the death of Molly, a Siberian husky, but suspended the jail term for two years.

Police in Songkhla have arrested a 56-year-old man accused of dousing a Siberian Husky named Molly with oil and setting her alight, as the case fuels renewed calls for tougher enforcement of Thailand’s animal-cruelty law.