turtle eggs

story from NST.
finally it appears in national paper. it is sad to see many other local and national papers kept quite on this issue.
we wait see what happen next.



KUCHING: Action can be taken against the distributor, wholesaler and those who ate turtle eggs served at an official dinner attended by some senior police officers here on Saturday night.

State Forestry Corporation managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Len Talif Salleh said investigations were being carried out on the matter.

Initial investigations showed that the eggs were brought in from West Kalimantan based on their small size and brownish colour. Turtle eggs from Pulang Talang and Pulau Satang are bigger and white.

"At this point of time, I don't want to say much about it until the investigation is completed," he said, after the opening of a seminar on the Biodiversity of Eastern Lanjak Entimau Sanctuary: Hidden Jewel of Sarawak by Assistant Minister of Resource Planning and Management Naroden Majais here.

Marine turtle species are protected worldwide, and in Sarawak they are protected animals under the Wildlife Protection Ordinance.

Anyone found guilty of possessing turtles, either dead or alive, or their parts or their eggs, is liable to be fined RM25,000 and jailed two years.

Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh could not be reached for comment.

The Kuching branch of the Malaysian Nature Society called for action against those who had eaten the turtle eggs.

Its chairman, Rebecca D'Cruz, said she was disappointed that turtle eggs were served at an official function.