(MY): Malaysian police seize 5 rare tiger skins: Reports

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Malaysian police seize 5 rare tiger skins: Reports

30 May 2009, 1609

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Newspaper reports say Malaysian officials have

seized five tiger skins from two men near the Thai border.

 

The Star and the New Straits Times say the dried skins were hidden in the

trunk of a car that customs officials in northern Kedah state stopped on

Friday. The skins are worth 90,000 ringgit ($25,800) in total.

 

The skins, each more than six feet (two meters) long, are from Malayan

tigers. There are only about 500 of the cats left in the world, the vast

majority in Malaysia.

 

The Times says the two Thai men are being investigated for smuggling

protected wildlife and could face a maximum of five years in jail.

 

Officials could not immediately be reached to confirm the reports on

Saturday.

 

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