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Man given 2-year prison term in Indonesia’s Medan for selling protected sun bear
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A sun bear seen in a zoo. Sun bears are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and are threatened by hunting for traditional medicine.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
MEDAN – The Medan District Court in Indonesia sentenced a 49-year-old man to a two-year prison term for selling the carcass of a protected sun bear on social media.
The verdict was more lenient than the prosecutor’s demand of two years in prison with a fine of 250 million rupiah (S$18,800), or an additional 90 days behind bars.
