<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/japan" rel="" target="" title="Japanese"><span>Japanese</span></a><span> police have arrested two </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="American"><span>American</span></a><span> men after a costumed intruder entered the enclosure of viral internet sensation </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/punch-the-monkey-ichikawa-city-zoo-why-the-entire-world-rooting-for-baby-macaque-explained/14edbe30-4f0a-48bd-ad79-a9e9331aa97e" rel="" target="" title="Punch the monkey"><span>Punch the monkey</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Footage shows a person in a costume of a bright yellow smiling face wearing a suit scaling the fence of the popular enclosure at Ichikawa City </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/zoo" rel="" target="" title="Zoo"><span>Zoo</span></a><span> before dropping into the dry moat that borders the exhibit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The person is then seen putting the headpiece back on before walking around the enclosure, causing the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/monkeys" rel="" target="" title="monkeys"><span>monkeys</span></a><span> to scatter and hide.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-politics-live-updates-donald-trump-iran-israel-may-19-aussies-on-gaza-flotilla/c7c55ee3-144b-4c78-846b-13320861c456" target="_blank"><strong><span>Eleven Aussies on board aid ships intercepted by Israeli navy</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ichikawa </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> said that the men were apprehended by zookeepers shortly after the incident unfolded.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the men, a 24-year-old </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/university" rel="" target="" title="university"><span>university</span></a><span> student, was arrested for allegedly climbing the fence and dropping into the exhibit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another man who identified himself as a 27-year-old singer was arrested after he allegedly filmed the ordeal.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/two-men-arrested-after-costumed-man-enters-the-enclosure-of-viral-monkey/c5a4576e-2798-4e3c-8c4d-797a3609072e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ichikawa Police arrested the pair on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US pair denied the allegations, and no monkeys were injured during the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a statement posted to X, Ichikawa Zoo apologised for the incident and said "no abnormalities" were observed from the monkeys in the attraction.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-woman-and-two-kids-found-dead-in-campbelltown/eacd6982-9c69-421e-a35b-12d052472649" target="_blank"><strong><span>Confronting scenes inside Sydney home where woman, two kids killed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="tweet" data-tweet-id="2056298907978657931" data-user="9NewsAUS"></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Last night, we filed a damage report with the Ichikawa Police Station."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The zoo just outside of Tokyo became a tourist hotspot earlier this year after videos surfaced of a baby Japanese macaque named Punch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He went viral when he was spotted hugging a stuffed Orangutan given to him by zookeepers after being rejected by his mother.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following 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