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The Baby Orangutan Online Trade On Police Ambushed
The NGO female veterinarian of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Yenny Saraswati was seen together with Indonesian Human Resources Conservation Agency officers wearing anti-virus protection while evacuating evidence, a male Sumatran orangutan baby (called Cemara) at the North Sumatra regional police station, Indonesia on April 28, 2022. A veterinarian of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, Yenny Saraswati, was seen wearing anti-virus protection while evacuating evidence of an illegal wildlife trade case, a baby male Sumatran orangutan (called Cemara) from the room of the head of sub-directorate IV of the criminal directorate for cybercrime at the North Sumatra regional police office, Indonesia on April 28, 2022. Head of Sub-Directorate IV of Special Criminal Investigation of the North Sumatra Police, Police Commissioner, Poltak YP Simbolon together with the Natural Resources Conservation Center of North Sumatra, Sumatra Eco-project and Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) NGO's have investigated the movement of suspect TH in the act of online selling endangered animals, including orangutans. Following up on the investigation, on April 28, 2022 at around 16.00pm, an orangutan trafficker was arrested in an area in Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. "The action was taken by the police, the Natural Resources Conservation Center of North Sumatra province, and the Sumatra Eco-project. It started with monitoring the social media account of the perpetrator who offered a baby Sumatran orangutan for 23 million rupiah or USD 1,600. The suspect TH and 4 other people were ambushed in a car carrying the evidence. Temporary suspicion that the evidence came from the Gunung Leuser National Tama area. This case is still in the process of further investigation," said Poltak YP Simbolon. Meanwhile, as evidence, a male Sumatran Orangutan baby aged around 1-4 months is currently receiving medical treatment and is currently being treated in
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| Category | Crime, Law and Justice |
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