In the instant Appeal, originating from the Magistrate’s Court, the Accused had pleaded guilty without reservation, and indeed unconditionally, to an offence under s.10(a) of the International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008 (“s.10(a)”), to wit, exporting without permit 95 Boa Constrictor snakes (“the snakes”) which belong to a scheduled species in the Third Schedule, Appendix 2 to the said Act.

In essence, the facts admitted by the Accused revealed that the Accused had failed to show any permit under the said Act to export the snakes which were subsequently seized at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminal. The Accused had wanted to export those snakes to Jakarta, Indonesia via flight MH 727. In short, it was an offence under s.10(a).