Alleged M’sian trafficker hit with sanctions

A file picture of Teo being arrested in Bangkok for trading in wildlife parts. The Nation/ANN

WASHINGTON: An alleged Malaysian wildlife trafficker and what officials call his transnational criminal organisation have been targetted for financial sanctions related to the illegal shipment of rhinoceros horn, ivory and other specimens.

The US Treasury Department claimed that Malaysian national Teo Boon Ching, his alleged trafficking organisation and a Malaysian firm registered in Johor Baru, engaged in the “cruel trafficking of endangered and threatened wildlife and the products of brutal poaching”.