Car wash worker fined RM35,000 for having sun bear


The sun bear which was rescued by officials from the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) during an operation at Larkin here on May 13.

JOHOR BARU: A car wash worker was fined RM35,000 in default eight months’ jail by the Sessions Court here after he pleaded guilty to possessing a sun bear.

Mohd Roshdam Bilal, 29, admitted having the protected animal at around noon on May 13 at a shoplot in Susur 4, Jalan Tun Razak, here.

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