Indonesian man gets year in jail, RM50,580 fine for possessing pangolin scales


SIBU: An Indonesian man was sentenced to a year in jail and a RM50,850 fine by the Miri Sessions Court on Wednesday (Jan 19) after pleading guilty to possessing 5,058 pangolin scales without a valid licence or permit.

The Sarawak Forestry Corporation said that the sentence was handed down to 32-year-old Agus Tallasi by Sessions Court Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd, adding that he was originally charged with an offence under Section 29(2) of the Wild Life Protection Ordinance 1998.

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