Filipino teens jailed for having turtle body parts


Confiscated: Wildlife officials showing the seized turtle body parts.

KOTA KINABALU: Three Filipino teenagers were sentenced to two years’ jail and fined RM60,000 each for possessing body parts of green turtles.

Tawau Sessions Court Judge Awang Krisnada Awang Mahmud sentenced Kismaru Rismaru, 18, Butlayan Tabiyanan and Abdul Gah­ni Awan, both 19, after they pleaded guilty to the charges yesterday.

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