Insurance agent pleads not guilty to possession, export of protected wildlife


SEPANG: An insurance agent pleaded not guilty to four charges involving the possession and export of protected wildlife under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716).

S. Balachandran, 47, made the plea before Judge Ahmad Fuad Othman at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (Sept 30). He was accused of possessing one agile gibbon and two cuscuses, species protected under Schedules One and Two of Act 716, causing undue suffering.

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