Influencer and hubby charged with keeping seven protected animals without a licence

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Social media influencer Nina Grace and her husband have been hit with five charges of possessing protected wildlife species without a licence.  They face a maximum fine of RM50,000, imprisonment for up to three years, or both, if convicted.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3pjh6s2a  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A social media influencer and her husband have been hit with five charges of possessing

00:06protected wildlife species without a license.

00:09Nina Grace, whose real name is Noor Nina Farisha Wu Abdullah, and Mohammad Zulaymandin, both

00:16aged 28, were charged on Tuesday with jointly keeping three green tree pythons, a carpet

00:22python, a reticulated python, an iguana, and a sulcata, or African spurred tortoise, without

00:29a license.

00:30All the reptiles are protected under the first schedule of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010.

00:36The couple claimed trial to the charges.

00:39The offence was allegedly committed at a premises in Alam Damai, Cheras, at 4.30 p.m. on September

00:4620.

00:47They were charged under Section 60 Subsection 1A of the Act, which carries a maximum fine

00:53of 50,000 ringgit up to three years jail, or both, upon conviction.

00:59Perhillitan Deputy Public Prosecutor Mas Izati Lokman urged for bail of 10,000 ringgit for

01:06each accused with one surety, along with a condition requiring the accused to report to

01:11the nearest Perhillitan office once a month.

01:14The couple, who was unrepresented, appealed for lower bail, saying they needed to provide

01:19for their two young children.

01:21Sessions Judge Siti Shakira Mohtaruddin allowed bail of 5,000 ringgit for each accused with

01:27one surety, along with the extra condition requested by the prosecution, and fixed January

01:338th for next mention.

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