KOTA KINABALU: Authorities are checking if the crew of two Chinese boats found with 330 turtles had been poaching in Philippine waters before they were caught in the sea off Sabah.
Sabah fisheries officers suspect that the green and hawksbill turtles were caught in the Balabac Strait that separates the southern Philippines island of Palawan with Pulau Balambangan and Pulau Banggi in northern Sabah.
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