Diver Detained After Turtle Allegedly Killed In Raja Ampat
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A Chinese national diver has been detained in Indonesia after hunting a protected sea turtle with a harpoon gun in waters designated as an environmental conservation area. According to Indonesian media outlets such as Kompas on the 14th (local time), a 36-second video showing a diver aiming a harpoon gun at a sea turtle on an underwater coral reef has recently spread across social media platforms like Instagram. The area where the video was film…
A foreign national (WNA) from Malaysia with the initials WS nearly left Indonesia after allegedly killing a leatherback turtle in the waters of Raja Ampat, Papua.
Chinese diving instructor Shang Wei was arrested on September 14th while departing from the Raja Ampat Islands conservation area in Indonesia, where he used a speargun to kill and cook endangered hawksbill turtles. He is currently being transferred to Sorong for investigation.
The Makassar Immigration Department in Indonesia has detained a Chinese citizen, Wei Shang, on suspicion of catching and eating sea turtles in the Raja Ampat protected waters of Papua province.
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