Over 500 arrested in four years to safeguard Malayan tigers, forest reserves, says Nik Nazmi

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Over 430 Malaysians are among those arrested in Operasi Bersepadu Khazanah operations between 2021 to July 2024, the Dewan Rakyat was told.   Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said 431 locals and 91 foreigners were arrested in the operations during this period with seizures amounting to RM150mil.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/2WcuM  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The issue of human-animal conflicts is becoming more and more common,

00:04especially when there is destruction of the animals' habitats.

00:11So, of course, when they lose their habitats and maybe lack of food.

00:18For example, for the Malayan tiger, one of the problems is the lack of pre-animal with permission.

00:24And this includes diseases that attack wild boars and so on.

00:28So, this forces them to leave their habitats.

00:35So, based on that, the government, the association, and the co-operators,

00:39we have taken steps through an initiative called community rangers.

00:49It started with 1,000 people, 1,500, and now 1,920.

00:55500 are in Sabah Sarawak and the rest are in Semenanjung.

00:59And they consist of the majority of indigenous people

01:03who are very skillful and used to dealing with wildlife.

01:07Next is the local community and also the military and PDRM veterans.

01:13So, we can see that this has succeeded together with the Co-Operation Khazanah,

01:18the Co-Operation Khazanah made with other powers, including the PDRM and NGOs throughout the country.

01:25We can reduce the pressure of poachers.

01:30And between 2021 and July 2024, 431 of our citizens have been arrested.

01:38And 91 foreigners have also been arrested.

01:42And a total of more than 150 million ringgit.

01:46So, we are taking information about how to increase.

01:51So, that's why for us, the EFT, we give money to the state government

01:56and a very significant increase from year to year.

01:59That's one of the initiatives we took.

02:01Indeed, we know that under the law, as I mentioned, it is under the power of the state government.

02:07But we believe in initiatives such as changing the law,

02:12changing the forest record, which requires public inquiry

02:20and also reporting on the forest that can be removed.

02:24This will help reduce the pressure on the habitat.

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