Crime against fauna: The three men were found to be in possession of 865kg of critically endangered green sea turtle parts.
KOTA KINABALU: Three foreigners have been sentenced to a year in prison and fined a total of RM660,000 at the Kota Marudu Sessions Court for possessing 865kg of critically endangered green sea turtle parts in Sabah’s northern waters off Kudat.
The Filipinos – skipper Erwin Monares Comendo, 39, and crew members Rudyzon Darel Infante, 37, and 52-year-old Amel Meniona – pleaded guilty before Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court judge A. Akhiruddin Acho, during a sitting at the Kota Marudu Court yesterday.
