RP cracks down on Chinese poachers
04/01/2011Government security forces have vowed to seek long jail terms for six Chinese caught poaching fish and sea turtles, as part of a crackdown against foreigners stealing marine wildlife.
The head of a multi-agency taskforce against illegal entrants, Brig. Gen. Juancho Sabban, yesterday said he plans to take a hardline stance against all foreign poachers, unlike previous officials who allowed them to be released.
“We will be pursuing the harshest penalty as demanded by law. We will be fighting for the conviction of these apprehended poachers,” Sabbantold Agence France Presse..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110401hed6.html
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