Sabah cops clamping down on Banggi Island poachers


Caption: Comm Jauteh (middle) witnessing outgoing Kudat OCPD Deputy Supt Robin @ Ridzuan Ismail (left) handing over duties to new chief Supt Mohd Haris Ibrahim.

KOTA KINABALU: Police are clamping down on the rampant poaching taking place in Sabah's northernmost island of Banggi.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun said police have observed a spike in illegal hunting of wild boar, mousedeer and pangolins, among others.

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