Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20010906p2a00m0dm016000c.html Jail demanded for rare orangutan trader OSAKA -- A man who violated animal trading laws by purchasing endangered orangutans should be jailed and fined 5 million yen, prosecutors told a court here Thursday. In the case against the man, 40-year-old Hiroharu Kaito, prosecutors also requested that the pet shop operating company the accused formerly managed be fined 1 million yen. " It was a devious and malicious crime, in which the defendant put profit first and ignored the problems of rare-animal trading, and its effect on society is serious, " prosecutors told the Osaka District Court as the trial opened Thursday. Prosecutors have requested that Kaito be sentenced to 3-1/2 years for trading in the animals. Kaito is accused of buying four orangutans in December 1998 and April 1999 despite knowing they had been imported from Indonesia. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) forbids trading in the type of orangutan that Kaito allegedly bought. Prosecutors said Kaito paid 1.85 million yen for the orangutans, buying them at an employee's house in Osaka. (Mainichi Shimbun, Sept. 6, 2001) Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Messenger http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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