JB boy to be given 7 strokes of a “light cane”

After all the waiting, this is the sentence for setting a dog on fire: https://says.com/my/news/boy-from-jb-to-be-caned-7-times-in-open-court-for-setting-a-dog-on-fire

We are aghast at the light sentence.

And why is there no news about the poor dog?