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Thai rhino horn trader gets 40 years in S.Africa jail

Published: 09 Nov 2012 - 12:45 pm | Last Updated: 07 Feb 2022 - 12:28 am

JOHANNESBURG: A Thai national who pled guilty to organising bogus trophy hunts to sell rhino horns on the international black market was sentenced to 40 years in a South African jail on Friday, local media reported.
 
ChumlongLemtongthai received the unusually harsh sentence from a local magistrate court, EyeWitness News reported, amid a record number of rhino deaths this year. (AFP)