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June 13, 2017
KOTA KINABALU: Parts of Malayan sun bears were found in the back seat of a vehicle parked at Tanjung Aru beach, the Sessions court was told.
Sabah Wildlife Department senior assistant personnel Benedict Jani said he formed a team and headed for the beach, acting on information given.
"At 12.10pm, as I approached an Isuzu Dmax parked at Tanjung Aru, I saw eight paws, two gall bladders and eight teeth, believed to belong to sun bears, in the backseat of the car,"he said yesterday.
He was testifying at the trial of vegetable seller Tijelo Jacquinn Kuin, charged with possessing mutilated parts of sun bears meant to be sold at Tanjung Aru near here on Aug 8 last year.
He said the accused was with another man during the arrest.
Benedict said that on Aug 8 at 9am, someone called his department about the selling of sun bear body parts.
"Upon getting approval (to act on the information), I prepared for the operation and asked for manpower from Lokawi Wildlife Park," he said.
He and his team seized the body parts, mobile phones, the car and its keys. They took photographs, sketched a location map and lodged a police report on the incident.
He said samples of the seized body parts were sent to the Wildlife and National Park Department (Perhilitan) for analysis.
Two other witnesses who testified yesterday were Clifford James and Marayu Palanus, who were part of the operation.
Abdul Karim Dakog, from the Sabah Wildlife Department, prosecuted while Tijelo was represented by Martin Tommy and Jaikol Situn.
The Malayan sun bear is a totally protected species under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.
The penalty for those convicted under Section 41(1) of the Enactment is a jail term of up to five years, or a fine of up to RM50,000, or both.
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KOTA KINABALU: Samples of the seized Malayan sun bears parts had been taken and sent to the Wildlife and National Park Department (Perhilitan) for analysis, the Sessions Court was told.
Sabah Wildlife Department store keeper Leo Siawa, 52, said investigation officer Jinoh Lojimit had on Sept 1 last year came to the store room to obtain the samples.
“On Aug 8, 2016, I received seized items including eight paws, eight teeth, two gall bladders, handphones, a white Isuzu Dmax and car keys from the department senior assistant Benedict Jani.
“On Aug 10, 2016, Jinoh and Benedict came to store room to mark all seized items,” he said yesterday, adding all procedures related to seized items in store room were recorded in a log book.
Leo, who has been with the department for 28 years, was testifying at the trial of vegetable seller Tijelo Jacquinn Kuin charged with possessing mutilated parts of sun bears meant to be sold at Tanjung Aru near here on Aug 8 last year.
Tijelo and another man were arrested in an operation by a team of personnel from the department around noon.
Another witness Merayu Palanus, who was involved in the raid as a driver, testified that there were three personnel from the department who approached Tijelo and found the animal body parts in a parked car at the beach.
“At about 1030am, Benedict briefed us that he had received information that there would be a selling activity of protected species at the beach.”
Sessions judge Ainul Mohammad Shahrin postponed the trial to July 17.
Prosecuting officer Abdul Rahim Dakog from the Sabah Wildlife Department said there would be one last witness to be called for the upcoming trial.
Two witnesses Benedict and Clifford James were called on Monday to testify.
Tijelo was represented by Martin Tommy and Jaikol Situn.
The Malayan sun bear is a totally protected species under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.
The penalty for those convicted under Section 41(1) of the Enactment is a jail term of up to five years, or a fine of up to RM50,000, or both.
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June 13, 2017
KOTA KINABALU: Parts of Malayan sun bears were found in the back seat of a vehicle parked at Tanjung Aru beach, the Sessions court was told.
Sabah Wildlife Department senior assistant personnel Benedict Jani said he formed a team and headed for the beach, acting on information given.
"At 12.10pm, as I approached an Isuzu Dmax parked at Tanjung Aru, I saw eight paws, two gall bladders and eight teeth, believed to belong to sun bears, in the backseat of the car,"he said yesterday.
He was testifying at the trial of vegetable seller Tijelo Jacquinn Kuin, charged with possessing mutilated parts of sun bears meant to be sold at Tanjung Aru near here on Aug 8 last year.
He said the accused was with another man during the arrest.
Benedict said that on Aug 8 at 9am, someone called his department about the selling of sun bear body parts.
"Upon getting approval (to act on the information), I prepared for the operation and asked for manpower from Lokawi Wildlife Park," he said.
He and his team seized the body parts, mobile phones, the car and its keys. They took photographs, sketched a location map and lodged a police report on the incident.
He said samples of the seized body parts were sent to the Wildlife and National Park Department (Perhilitan) for analysis.
Two other witnesses who testified yesterday were Clifford James and Marayu Palanus, who were part of the operation.
Abdul Karim Dakog, from the Sabah Wildlife Department, prosecuted while Tijelo was represented by Martin Tommy and Jaikol Situn.
The Malayan sun bear is a totally protected species under the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.
The penalty for those convicted under Section 41(1) of the Enactment is a jail term of up to five years, or a fine of up to RM50,000, or both.
1. Two men arrested with bear paws, teeth and gallbladders in their possession- Aug 9, 2016
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