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241158
Tue, 05/22/2012 - 11:25
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Four Men Get Prison Sentence And Fine For Killing Orangutans
Ahmad Fuad Yahya
JAKARTA, May 22 (Bernama) -- A district court in East Kalimantan on Monday
sentenced four men to between eight and 10 months in prison and a fine, for
killing two orangutans at separate oil palm plantations in East Kalimantan last
year.
Tajar and Tulil from Muara Lancong subdistrict were each given a 10-month
jail sentence and a fine of Rp50 million after they admitted to killing an adult
orangutan in May last year, but they had claimed that the animal had tried to
attack them.
The same Sanggata court, in East Kutai district also sentenced Leswin and
Tadeus from Telen subdistrict to eight months in jail and a fine of Rp25 million
each for killing an adult orangutan at another plantation, English daily the
Jakarta Globe reported Tuesday.
According to the daily, Leswin and Tadeus had captured a female orangutan
and her offspring, which they claimed were feasting on the oil palm seeds in
their plantation.
The court ruled that the two defendants deserved a more lenient sentence
because they had contacted a local environmental group, the Centre for Orangutan
Protection about the animals, however when members of the group arrived, the
adult orangutan was already dead while her offspring was found bound and locked
up in a small box.
-- BERNAMA