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A macaque (left) eating fruits out of a container which it took from NTU business student Chen Qin Yi's refrigerator. Two other macaques (right) were seen sitting by the window of her hostel room.
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Chong Xin Wei
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SINGAPORE - Despite monkey-proofing rubbish bins and relocating some animals earlier this year, their foraging for food on campus is still a problem at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Macaques have been seen on its grounds more frequently, and there have been a few cases of intrusions into residential halls to seek food, said the university.
