George Maige Nhigula Jr.
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- Mar 14, 2008
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Tani 1.5 ya pembe za ndovu toka TZ zakamatwa Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) Hong Kong customs officers have seized over one and a half tonnes of smuggled elephant ivory worth 10.9 million Hong Kong dollars (1.3 million US) shipped from Tanzania, they said Friday.
The 384 ivory tusks -- weighing 1.55 tonnes -- were found Thursday inside two containers labelled as "dried anchovies" at the Tsing Yi container terminal, the Ports and Maritime Command said in a statement.
Two men, aged 46 and 48, have been arrested as part of a continuing investigation, the statement said.
The international trade in elephant ivory, with rare exceptions, has been outlawed since 1989 after elephant populations in Africa dropped from the millions in the mid-20th century to some 600,000 by the end of the 1980s.
Anyone found guilty of importing unmanifested cargo into Hong Kong faces a fine up to two million dollars (260,000 US) and imprisonment for seven years.
In addition, those guilty of importing, exporting or possessing an endangered species for commercial purposes face a fine of up to five million dollars (640,000 US) and two years in jail, the statement said.
Kenya seized two tonnes of raw elephant ivory bound for Asian markets in August, saying it represented the country's largest recovery of elephant ivory in the recent past.
At least 4,000 elephants are killed each year across Africa to supply the illegal ivory trade, according to the conservation group WWF.
Nyara zilizokamatwa!
My Take:
Nilizungumza wakati ule TZ inalilia kuruhusu pembe hizi ziuzwe kihalali. Nilisema kwamba kwa vile wamekataliwa lazima itatatufwa namna tu lazima ziuzwe! Now here we are! Wameuza mbuga zetu, wameuza madini yetu, sasa na pembe zetu za ndogu wanauza kwanini wasizitekekeze kama wanavyofanya Bunduki?
Kuna bwana mmoja rafiiki yake na JK anaitwa Richard Kasesela alitumwa kuja kufuatilia masuala flani hapo HONG KONG amerejea hapa bongo juzi na emirates kutokea HONG KONG, na alikwenda kwa kutumwa na serikali kwani alikuwa anatumia facilities za ofisi ya councilor wa Tanzania HONG KONG, hivyo wadadisi wa mambo tunawaomba mumfatilie kujua undani wa safari yake ya hong kong ilikuwa nini? na anategemewa kwenda tena HONG KONG in two weeks time, nina wasiwasi kuwa akawa anafatilia hilo saga la pembe zilizokamatwa pale HONG KONG kwa jamaa ni hand man wa JK, kazi kwenu watu wa intellegensia tunaomba mfatilie nyendo za huyu bwana, there is something going on.
