An evil monkey kidnapped a kitten - then held it hostage on a roof while eating bananas.

The primate grabbed the feline as it wandered around outside a home in Rayong, eastern Thailand, on Saturday (August 31) afternoon.

It then carried the cat onto a tin roof where it held the animal close to its body. The monkey ate several bananas while keeping the kitten as a prisoner on the roof.

Chillingly, the cat has not been seen for more than 48 hours after the incident.

Concerned neighbour Chantra Sakulphitak, 50, said the cat was a stray that lived in the village. She said: ''The monkey was seen on Sunday morning again with the kitten. But it was then seen alone on Sunday afternoon at 4 pm without the kitten.

''Since then nobody has seen either of them again. We don't know if the monkey has killed the cat or it escaped and ran away.''

Shocked locals noticed the 'cat-napping' and called for the monkey to release the animal.

One woman can be heard in the video shouting ''let him go! don't hurt him!'' They then shout ''cat, cat, cat'' several times to try and encourage the moggy to flee its captor.

Chantra said that residents recognised the monkey as it had been terrorising locals in recent months by stealing food.

She said: ''When this happened, somebody was trying to feed the monkey with food. But it didn't just take the food, it also took the cat.

''It grabbed the kitten then ran away. People tried to tell him to give the cat back but it wouldn't let him go.''

Neighbours said that they called the local rescue team then left the monkey on the roof after nightfall.

Animal handlers arrived the next morning but there was no sign of the monkey or the cat. They left awaken in the afternoon.

Residents are keeping a lookout for the cat in order to treat it if it has been injured during the ordeal.