KOTA KINABALU: A 21-year-old man caught with possession of 12 pangolins was fined RM10,000 by the Magistrates court in Beaufort yesterday.
The man from Johor Carlvin Cher Jia Wei has committed the offence under the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.
He was caught by a policemen on Oct 30 in Beaufort.
His sentence was meted out by magistrate Ryan Sagirann Raynor Jr.