LAHAD DATU: A foreigner was sentenced to one year in jail and fined RM200,000, in default one year’s imprisonment, by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to possessing three live pangolins.
Judge Suhaila Selag imposed the sentence on Irfan Zainudin, 45, after he admitted to committing the offence.
He was charged under Section 41(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.
The accused was found in possession of three pangolins (Manis javanica), which are fully protected animals under Part 1, Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.
The court heard that the offence was committed on Sept 28 at an employees’ quarters in Kunak.
Prosecuting Officer Primus Lambut from the Sabah Wildlife Department appeared for the prosecution.
