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Sarawak courts get sentencing guide for wildlife crimes

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KUCHING: The Sarawak courts now have comprehensive guidance on issuing sentences for wildlife crimes in the state to ensure consistency and fairness.

Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim said the newly-launched"Sentencing Guidelines for Wildlife Crimes in Sarawak" would assist the courts in meting out proportionate sentences without undue disparities between them.

"We don't want to have too extreme a difference when the courts pass sentences on offenders who commit almost similar offences," he told reporters after launching the guidelines at the court complex here on Thursday . "We are putting in the guidelines to improve ourselves in the courts so that we understand better and take into account the correct factors ," he added.

SWGE head Jason Juga said consultations were held with the state Attorney General's Chambers, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Advocates Association of Sarawak and government agencies in developing the guidelines.

 

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