{"id":85689,"date":"2020-07-30T17:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T09:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=85689"},"modified":"2020-07-30T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T09:05:20","slug":"spores-ica-foils-attempt-to-smuggle-in-tortoises-by-malaysian-registered-lorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=85689","title":{"rendered":"S&#8217;pore&#8217;s ICA foils attempt to smuggle in tortoises by Malaysia-registered lorry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5>By Massita Ahmad<br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>SINGAPORE, July 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Singapore&#8217;s\u00a0Immigration &amp; Checkpoints Authority (ICA)\u00a0recently foiled an attempt to smuggle seven\u00a0baby leopard tortoises into the republic by a Malaysia-registered lorry\u00a0at Woodlands Checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its official Facebook page today, the ICA said its officers found the tortoises inside a white cardboard box&nbsp;hidden behind the driver\u2019s seat while conducting physical checks on July 22.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICA said the lorry driver and another male subject were\u00a0now assisting the National Parks Board (NParks) with investigation into the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The tortoises have been taken in by the Wildlife Reserves Singapore,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ICA, leopard tortoises are protected under The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Endangered Species (import and Export) Act, the penalty for the importation of scheduled species without a CITES permit is a fine not exceeding S$500,000 and\/or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two&nbsp;years, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, July 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; Singapore&#8217;s\u00a0Immigration &amp; Checkpoints Authority (ICA)\u00a0recently foiled an attempt to smuggle seven\u00a0baby leopard tortoises into the republic by a Malaysia-registered lorry\u00a0at Woodlands Checkpoint. In its official Facebook page today, the ICA said its officers found the tortoises inside a white cardboard box&nbsp;hidden behind the driver\u2019s seat while conducting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":85700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85689"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}