'Militant' macaque destroys tourist's cigarettes

An amusing video has emerged of a monkey ripping apart a pack of cigarettes in Indonesia.

The footage, shot on Thursday in the Monkey Forest Sanctuary, shows one of the macaques tearing the cigarettes it pulled from a visitor's hand.

"In the sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary visitors are requested not to smoke," the filmer wrote online.

"One militant macaque takes matters into its own hands, stealing one visitors unused cigarettes and pulling them apart in front of him."