Jakarta.
The special crimes directorate of the National Police has closed down and
arrested the owner of a Jakarta business trading in endangered-animal parts .
“The person
is the owner of the ‘Golden Shop’ in Jalan Pluit Timur Raya, North Jakarta,
with the initials L.W.,” deputy director of the National Police’s Special
Economic Crime Unit Sr. Comr. Alex Mandalika said on Friday.
“He has
been charged under the 1990 Law on Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation.”
L.W. faces
up to five years in jail and a Rp 100 million ($9,000) fine.
L.W. is
alleged to have sold highly prized shark fins, turtle shells and tobacco pipes
made of ivory. Police also confiscated several tigers’ teeth and 27 smoking
pipes made from ivory.
“They were
sold expensively in rupiah and dollar denominations,” National Police spokesman
Rikwanto said. “The owner also had online store at www.jakartagoldenkong.com.”
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