Man fined $8,000 for illegally selling pangolin in Singapore

Lee Kian Han pleaded guilty to selling a Sunda pangolin illegally to an NParks officer who posed as a buyer. SINGAPORE - What started off as a joke for one man resulted in an $8,000 fine after he bought and later sold a pangolin through a Telegram chat group. Lee Kian Han, 35, pleaded guilty on March 13 to one charge of selling a Sunda pangolin illegally to a National Parks Board (NParks) officer who posed as a buyer.

Sunda pangolins are a critically endangered and protected wildlife species in Singapore. It is illegal to remove them from the wild. Lee, who was unrepresented, told the court that it all started off as a joke between him and his friend after seeing an advertisement for the sale of the pangolin on messaging app Telegram. He had messaged the seller and asked questions such as “Can I buy a leash for this animal?” and “How big and what colour is it?” In his mitigation, Lee said he did not believe that the seller, a Republic of Singapore Air Force regular, had the animal in his possessio

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