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Indonesian jailed six months for having 93 turtle eggs without permit
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KUCHING (Aug 19): The Sessions Court here today sentenced an Indonesian man to six months' imprisonment for unlawfully possessing 93 marine turtle eggs.
Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi convicted Wiki Handri on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 37(1) of the Wildlife Protection Ordinance 1998, punishable under Section 37(2)(a) and read together with Section 29(1)(c) of the same Ordinance.
The Section provides for up to two years' jail and a fine of RM25,000 per individual animal part.
Wiki committed the offence at a rubber plantation along the Sematan/Telok Melano road in Lundu at about 6.27pm on Aug 14, 2025.
According to the facts of the case, a team comprising Sarawak Forestry Corporation and Marine Police Force personnel acted on intelligence reports and detained the accused on suspicion of illegally possessing turtle eggs.
A search of a black plastic bag uncovered 93 marine turtle eggs for which the accused failed to produce any valid permission or licence from the Controller of Wild Life.
It was established that the turtle eggs were from the Cheloniidae family, classified as a Totally Protected Animal under Part I of the First Schedule of the Wild Life Protection Ordinance.
Prosecuting officers Leonard Baring and Willy Chin Siaw Min appeared for prosecution, while the accused was unrepresented. Court Indonesian turtle eggs
