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Kenya Sentences Chinese Man Under New Anti-Poaching Law

A Kenyan court has sentenced a Chinese ivory smuggler to seven years in prison, in the country's first sentence under a tough new anti-poaching law. The court Tuesday handed down the sentence to 40-year-old Tang Yong Jian, who had pleaded guilty to charges of illegally possessing and dealing in ivory. Jian has the option of paying a fine of about $233,000 to avoid jail. He was arrested at Nairobi's international airport this month after authorities discovered 3.4 kilograms of...


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