10-01-2024, 05:44 PM
An RSAF regular has pleaded guilty to selling a pangolin that he picked up in Yio Chu Kang. The animal was later found to be pregnant and "very hungry".
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An RSAF regular has pleaded guilty to selling a pangolin that he picked up
10-01-2024, 06:05 PM
Sorry what law ia broken?
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10-01-2024, 06:10 PM
Cannot sell animals without licence, cannot keep and sell protected animals.
These are basic knowledge how cum you nono?
These are basic knowledge how cum you nono?
10-01-2024, 06:43 PM
Quote:Tan found a buyer in co-accused Lee Kian Han, a 35-year-old Singaporean man, and agreed to sell him the pangolin for S$1,400.Good surveillance work by NParks. Can takeover mata job liao. lol @ the culprit's monthly wildlife donation [b4 or after arrest?].
They met at about 2am on Jul 4, 2023, at a Housing Board block in Jurong West where Lee paid him for the animal via PayNow.
That same day, the National Parks Board (NParks) seized the pangolin from Lee after detecting the advertisement on Telegram.
An NParks officer met Lee in a covert operation, after offering to buy the pangolin for S$1,600.
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Tan was arrested at his home and the pangolin was taken to a centre for wildlife rehabilitation and examination.
An NParks vet identified it as a Sunda pangolin, a protected species. An animal health assessment report found the creature to be pregnant and "very hungry" on admission.
The prosecutor said NParks has been unable to recover the sum of S$1,400 from Tan to date. At the last hearing, the prosecution had indicated that they would ask for a fine of S$8,000 to S$10,000.
Tan's lawyer, Mr Kalidass Murugaiyan, highlighted that his client has been donating to the Wildlife Conservation Society monthly.
The judge then asked why doesn't Tan make a donation of S$1,400 to cover the sum. The defence lawyer said he would liaise with the prosecutor on this.
10-01-2024, 06:47 PM
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...ned-522956
Man fined for picking up pangolin and placing it in another reservoir for 'safety' from ants
SINGAPORE: A man was fined S$5,000 on Wednesday (Nov 4) for transporting a live pangolin from Upper Seletar Reservoir Park to Lower Peirce Reservoir, supposedly for its own "safety".
Chong Soo Yong, 56, pleaded guilty to one charge under the Parks and Trees Act of displacing the pangolin at about 1.30am on Oct 6 last year.
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The court heard that the National Parks Board (NParks) received feedback at about 2am that day that two men were spotted removing a pangolin from Upper Seletar Reservoir Park.
This is a gazetted catchment area under the Parks and Trees Act.
Investigations revealed that Chong was with a person known only as Tony in a van when they saw a live pangolin on a grass verge near the road.
Both men approached the animal and Tony lifted it by the tail, placing it in a bag.
A passer-by saw what happened and asked them why they took the animal.
The men replied that there were "too many ants in that area" and they were removing the pangolin for its safety. The passer-by told them to release the pangolin, but they did not.
They got back in the van and drove off, and the passer-by followed closely in his car.
The men drove near Lower Peirce Reservoir and released the pangolin along a grass verge.
Chong admitted to displacing the pangolin but could not give any details about Tony when asked.
The prosecutor said Chong had no prior convictions, and asked for a fine of at least S$5,000.
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He said there is only one other similar case of displacing an animal, where an offender was fined S$1,200 for displacing clams.
He said Chong was "not forthcoming" and would not reveal Tony's details.
"And his reasons for displacing the pangolin for the presence of ants ... pangolins feed on ants!" the prosecutor added.
Chong had nothing to say in mitigation.
For displacing an animal from an area within the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, gazetted under the Parks and Trees Act, Chong could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$50,000, or both.
kena followed dan decide to release animal?
Why would anyone want to displace clams????
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Man fined for picking up pangolin and placing it in another reservoir for 'safety' from ants
SINGAPORE: A man was fined S$5,000 on Wednesday (Nov 4) for transporting a live pangolin from Upper Seletar Reservoir Park to Lower Peirce Reservoir, supposedly for its own "safety".
Chong Soo Yong, 56, pleaded guilty to one charge under the Parks and Trees Act of displacing the pangolin at about 1.30am on Oct 6 last year.
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The court heard that the National Parks Board (NParks) received feedback at about 2am that day that two men were spotted removing a pangolin from Upper Seletar Reservoir Park.
This is a gazetted catchment area under the Parks and Trees Act.
Investigations revealed that Chong was with a person known only as Tony in a van when they saw a live pangolin on a grass verge near the road.
Both men approached the animal and Tony lifted it by the tail, placing it in a bag.
A passer-by saw what happened and asked them why they took the animal.
The men replied that there were "too many ants in that area" and they were removing the pangolin for its safety. The passer-by told them to release the pangolin, but they did not.
They got back in the van and drove off, and the passer-by followed closely in his car.
The men drove near Lower Peirce Reservoir and released the pangolin along a grass verge.
Chong admitted to displacing the pangolin but could not give any details about Tony when asked.
The prosecutor said Chong had no prior convictions, and asked for a fine of at least S$5,000.
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He said there is only one other similar case of displacing an animal, where an offender was fined S$1,200 for displacing clams.
He said Chong was "not forthcoming" and would not reveal Tony's details.
"And his reasons for displacing the pangolin for the presence of ants ... pangolins feed on ants!" the prosecutor added.
Chong had nothing to say in mitigation.
For displacing an animal from an area within the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, gazetted under the Parks and Trees Act, Chong could have been jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$50,000, or both.
kena followed dan decide to release animal?
Why would anyone want to displace clams????
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10-01-2024, 07:04 PM
In his mitigation to the judge, he should cite the high cost of living leading him to capturing and selling the pangolin....
10-01-2024, 08:38 PM
RSAF not paying well enough is well known all the while, hence, their regular have to moonlight by selling a protected wildlife species
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