Duo land in jail for keeping tortoises


Jail birds: Nagoor Kani (left) and Nizamudeen have to serve 24 months each for keeping black pond tortoises illegally.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Indian nationals were jailed 24 months each by the Sessions Court here over three counts of keeping 36 black pond tortoises without a permit and causing pain and suffering to them.

Judge Harmi Thamri Mohamad @ Shaharudin handed down the sentence after Nagoor Kani Kamal Basha, 29, and Nizamudeen Shamshudeen, 39, admitted to the charge yesterday.

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