The enforcement officer is suspected to be involved in the syndicate smuggling pangolin scales.
enforcement officer involved in a syndicate smuggling and disposing of international pangolin scales through the country’s entry points will be charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court, Selangor, tomorrow.
He said the male suspect in his 50s is suspected of accepting bribes from the syndicate not to hand over the pangolin scales to the Department of Wildlife. “The suspect is suspected of committing the act between September and December 2019 from the Enforcement Storage of the Marine Base, North Port, Klang” he said.The media previously reported that the pangolin scales were believed to have been smuggled into this country and Malaysia as a transit point before being sent to China and other countries with high demand.
Op Jaguar, carried out in the middle of last year at premises in Klang, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur, saw the MACC successfully seized nearly two tons of the animal scales, which were estimated to be sold for up to RM13,000 per kilogram in the black market with a total value estimated at RM23.4 million.
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