SEPANG: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)'s Customs Department has seized 337kg of smuggled Pangolin scales from Sabah and Sarawak, worth RM4.4 million. The Pangolin scales were to be air couriered to Hong Kong from the KLIA mail and courier centre. Customs KLIA director Abdul Wahabi Abdullah said his team thwarted two separate attempts to smuggle out the Pangolin scales. Pangolin scales can fetch a price of between RM1,000 to RM1,500 per kg in the Malaysian market. The Pangolin scales, believed to be the traditional remedy for malaria and cancer, are in demand in China and Vietnam.

Source: New Strait Times November 27, 2017 10:41 UTC