MMEA foils bid to smuggle songbirds, rescues 1,100 Oriental Magpie-robins


Credits: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA)

MELAKA: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel here managed to prevent a bid to smuggle hundreds of songbirds across the Straits of Melaka.

MMEA Melaka and Negri Sembilan director Maritime Captain Haris Fadzillah Abdullah (pic) said 1,100 Oriental magpie-robins (Copsychus saularis) were rescued during an operation along the shores of Alai here on Wednesday(Aug 25).

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