Duo fined RM20k each for illegal possession of turtle eggs
LIMBANG: Two friends were each fined RM20,000, in default six months in jail, by the Sessions Court here on Friday (Dec 8) for illegally possessing 11,611 eggs of the Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae turtle species without a permit. Faidznur, 32, and Khairul, 38, each pleaded guilty to one charge read jointly before Judge Monica Linsua. According […]
Rare turtle eggs found at beach
BINTULU: A total of 67 agar turtle eggs were found at Golden Beach, Similajau National Park, here today. Bintulu Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) acting manager Nickson Joseph Robi said in a statement that the discovery was very special following the last turtle of the species to lay eggs on that beach, about 22 years ago. […]
Activists launch new effort to combat online sales of turtle eggs
By Kamaliza Kamaruddin THE rising trend of selling turtle eggs online since May 2020 has prompted a group of activists to form a surveillance team on social media known as Turtle Watch Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Oceanography and Environment Institute Research Laboratory head Dr Mohd Uzair Rusli who is one of the activists said […]
Women fined for possessing turtle eggs
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here on Thursday fined two local women RM5,000 each after they pleaded guilty to possessing 240 turtle eggs. According to the case facts, Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) enforcement team arrested the duo aged 37 and 48 years, in front of SK Gersik in Petra Jaya on June 3 this year. They […]
