Estate worker jailed for 18 months, fined RM50,000 for taking tusks of dead elephant


KOTA KINABALU: An Indonesian estate worker was jailed 18 months and fined RM50,000 by the Sandakan Sessions Court on Tuesday (Feb 25) for possessing two elephant tusks.

Supriadi Juman, 50, was also ordered by Sessions Court judge Indra Ayub to be jailed for an additional nine months if he failed to pay the RM50,000 fine.

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