Chinese jailed 30 years for slaughter of 226 elephants
Chinese nationals Xu Fujie and Huang Gin (right) are escorted to the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court cell after they were sentenced to 30 years in jail each or pay Sh100.7 billion fine after being found guilty of possessing 707 pieces of ivory worth Sh5.4 billion. They were arrested in November 2013. PHOTOS | SAID KHAMIS
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Two poachers met their fate yesterday in one of the heaviest sentences aimed at curbing the illegal trade
The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court orders that Xu Fujie, 31, and Huang Gin, 51, pay a Sh54.3 billion fine each or serve the lengthy jail term.
