Perhilitan looking at whipping as penalty for poaching

SEPANG: The authorities are studying the possibility of including whipping as one of the penalties in future amendments to an anti-poaching law.

Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director-general Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim said other proposed amendments to the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, which are to be tabled in Parliament at the end of the year, included up to a RM1mil fine and 15 years’ imprisonment for those found guilty of poaching.