Pangolin possession gets duo fined RM200,000 each plus jail in Tawau


Local man Azlan and Indonesian Artan being escorted out of the courtroom.

KOTA KINABALU: A Tawau court has jailed two men for a year and fined them RM200,000 each after they pled guilty to possessing pangolins, a species listed as ‘totally protected’ by law.

The accused Azlan, 34, and Artan Asrianto, 24, pleaded guilty before Tawau Sessions Court judge Ahmad Faizadh Yahaya on Monday (Jan 13).

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