Indonesia’s Aceh sees harshest penalty yet for a wildlife crime

Mongabay
Oct 22, 2018, 6:39 am208 pts
A court in Indonesia’s Aceh province has sentenced two men to four years behind bars for attempting to sell a tiger skin, in the toughest ever penalty handed down for a wildlife crime there. Sarkawi Bin Warigo, 41, and Sabaruddin Bin M. Yusak, 45, were arrested last July. During the trial, they refused to be…

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