Laws and Regulations
SAM to be deregistered if it threatens nation’s interests
-The Sun-
MIRI (Dec 28, 2009) : Sahabat Alam Malaysia can be deregistered as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) if there is proof that it is involved in activities which threaten the nation’s interest, says Datuk Mohd Alias Kalil of the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
He said the ROS office had yet to receive an official complaint against [...]
Deputy D-G: Someone had to take care of Wong’s animals
-The Star-
KUALA LUMPUR: Special permits issued by Perhilitan to Anson Wong when he was in jail were actually renewals of existing permits that had been given to the convicted wildlife trafficker.
Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) deputy director-general Misliah Mohamad Bashir explained that the renewals were approved because “someone had to take care of [...]
Tell us about the tigers, says exco man
-the Star-
By HILARY CHIEW
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government wants the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) to reveal details of the special permit and licences it issued to convicted wildlife trafficker Anson Wong for his two tigers.
Wong’s two Bengal tigers were previously kept at the Bukit Jambul Hibiscus, Orchids and Reptile Farm but have [...]
Coming clean
-The Star-
GEORGE TOWN: A mix of residential and commercial units flank Jones Road in downtown Penang. One block of double-storey commercial units contains an interior design outlet, a furniture gallery and a shoplot that has its aluminium shutters perennially semi-open.
These three enjoined units served as the operations centre of one of the world’s largest wildlife [...]
Illegal animal trading puts Malaysia on the world map for all the wrong reasons
-The Star-
In 2006, Taiwanese authorities seized a three-tonne shipment of ivory from Tanzania worth RM25mil that had transited Penang port.
An Indian national who was caught with an illegal consignment of Indian star tortoises at the KL International Airport in 2007 said he was paid to bring it into the country for a Malaysian buyer.
In the [...]
Armed poachers brutally attack forest officer
(AsiaOne News)KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia: They normally hunt and kill animals in the wild but this time, a group of poachers brutally attacked a remote Forestry Department camp and left a senior officer seriously injured.
Department director Datuk Sam Mannan said some 20 people armed with machetes, hockey sticks, samurai swords, hunting knives and brass knuckles attacked [...]
彭两公务员涉非法伐木（Pahang forestry officers involved in illegal loggings）
（彭亨‧關丹）彭亨州反貪污委員會週二（4月7日）晚上在雲頂一間酒店內，逮捕5名涉嫌賄賂的人士，其中兩名落網者是公務員。
彭州反貪主席蘇迪娜指出，5名年齡介於30至49歲的嫌犯，涉及高達5萬5000令吉的賄賂金。
“涉案者除了3名公眾人士，還包括兩名公務員，其中一名是文冬森林局官員，另一名則是淡馬魯森林局官員。”
她指出，委員會調查顯示，3名公眾人士行賄的目的，是為了避免官員取締加叻及文冬一帶受保護森林內的非法砍伐活動。
她表示，這宗案件目前尚在調查階段，因此並不方便透露太多詳情。
蘇迪娜指案件會在2009年馬來西亞貪污委員會法令16（A）及17（A）條文下展開調查，一旦罪成將可根據相同法令24條文刑法，即判監不超過20年及罰款1萬令吉或賄賂金的5倍。（Sinchew ）
Officers in cahoots with illegal loggers
It is no wonder that forests and protected areas in the country are often encroached on by illegal loggers.
The very authorities who should be nabbing the illegal loggers are protecting them.
The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission said it would crack down on not only on loggers but officers in agencies that have been in cahoots with [...]
Bad start for Malaysia’s tigers – Freshly slaughtered tigers seized
Thai highway police unexpectedly underlined the seriousness of the tiger trafficking problem in Southeast Asia when they seized the contents of a truck containing four freshly slaughtered tigers, believed to be on their way from Malaysia to China last week.
At the same time as the seizure, and only four hours’ drive north, police from China, [...]
Malaysia is ranked among the top 10 illegal wildlife smuggling hubs
Malaysia is ranked among the top 10 illegal wildlife smuggling hubs in the world, specialising in transporting pangolins, birds and clouded monitor lizards.
The wildlife is smuggled out of the country via air through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Penang International Airport, and via sea through Johor, said South-East Asia regional director of wildlife trade [...]
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