KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The accused, a middle-aged Chinese man dressed in a pale blue shirt and jeans, sat quietly on the bench in the defendant’s paddock, as attorneys...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The accused, a middle-aged Chinese man dressed in a pale blue shirt and jeans, sat quietly on the bench in the defendant’s paddock, as attorneys questioned the witnesses.
On April 14, the first day of the trial, the tiger pelt, complete with head, was no longer in the glass case. Upon cross-examination by the defence, the court also heard that members of the raid, part of Ops Bersepadu Khazanah, had seen a Tik Tok video of the tiger pelt prior to the raid.The next day, the court heard DNA evidence that the tiger pelt was from a tiger, and not a fake as suggested by the defence.
Despite international bans and increased enforcement at the international and national levels for the past two decades, tiger parts and other wildlife continue to move through shadowy supply chains — from poachers to middlemen to buyers. Fewer than 150 Malayan tigers remain in the wild, attributed to habitat loss, lack of prey, conflict with humans, and poaching.
Yet enforcement remains an uphill battle as the market has evolved, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime . In 2022, Malaysia plugged this loophole in the Wildlife Conservation Act by adding section 88 , which criminalises online promotion, sale or purchase of wildlife and its parts.With online platforms, sellers and buyers no longer need to meet to transfer their illicit goods.
In one instance, a video on Tik Tok showing people plucking the whiskers of a dead tiger, which had been killed in a traffic collision with a truck in Perak in November 2023, outraged netizens and made it go viral, which caught the attention of Perhilitan officers.
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