JOHOR BARU: Two Indonesian odd-job workers were slapped with a total fine of RM60,000 by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to possessing 247 white-rumped shama birds.
The accused Aat Yudiatno, 49, and Ernawan Hadianto, 25, pleaded guilty to keeping the birds, which are protected under the First Schedule of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716), in a bus storage compartment.
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