PETALING JAYA: Malaysian wildlife smuggler Teo Boon Ching has been sentenced to 18 months' jail in the United States for trafficking hundreds of kilograms of rhinoceros horns worth millions of dollars.
The 58-year-old accused had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wildlife trafficking.
According to the charge sheet and other documents filed in the case as well as statements made in court proceedings, Teo, also known as"Zhang","Dato Sri" or"Godfather", was a member of a transnational criminal conspiracy engaged in the large-scale international trafficking and smuggling of rhinoceros horns to sell to foreign buyers, including buyers in Manhattan, New York.
It said that Teo had previously stated that he served as a"middleman" and acquired rhinoceros horns poached by co-conspirators in Africa and shipped them to customers around the world for a per-kilogramme fee. During their communications, Teo sent the confidential source numerous photographs of rhinoceros horns.
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