Malaysia ends Year of the Tiger with conviction
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- 20 Jan 2023
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A Malaysian court has jailed a local man for a decade, notching a win for the law and underlining the continued threat to wild tigers as the Year of the Tiger draws to a close.
Last November, investigations by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (PERHILITAN) led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Malaysian man, caught with a dead juvenile tiger and the whole skins of two other tiger individuals.
The arrest was made by PERHILITAN at a house in Temerloh district on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, located near Peninsular Malaysia’s largest wildlife reserve.
In December 2022, Burhanuddin Kamil Bin Adenan pleaded guilty to three charges of illegally possessing ‘Totally Protected’ wildlife and wildlife parts under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010.
The Temerloh Sessions Court sentenced him to a total of 10 years in prison and MYR 1,000,000 (USD 228,833) in fines. He also faces an additional three years in jail if he fails to pay the fines. The court ordered the sentences to run consecutively from the date of his conviction. Read More…
