Indian national pleads guilty to attempting to export turtles at KLIA


SEPANG: An Indian national pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here on Friday (Aug 8) to a charge of attempting to export 2,578 Red-eared Turtles (Trachemys scripta) at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 (KLIA T1) last Tuesday (Aug 5).

Sathaiyan Alagusundaram made the plea after the charge was read out to him in Tamil before Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman, who then set Sept 19 for mention for the sentencing.

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