Wildlife trader wins appeal to walk free


PUTRAJAYA: International wildlife trader Anson Wong Keng Liang (pic) was freed after the Court of Appeal here allowed his appeal to reduce his jail sentence for illegally exporting boa constrictor snakes without a permit.

Justice Datuk Wira Low Hop Bing, chairing a three-member panel, reduced Wong’s jail term from five years to 17-and-a-half months.

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