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Police arrest 5 who killed orangutan in Borneo with air gun

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AP Jakarta
Indonesian police say they have arrested four men and a boy who shot a critically endangered orangutan at least 130 times with an air gun.

Villagers spotted the wounded orangutan in a lake in the East Kutai district of East Kalimantan province on Borneo two weeks ago. It died days later.

Local police chief detective Yuliansyah said police arrested four members of a family, including a 13-year-old boy, and a neighbour last week.

He said the suspects admitted they shot, stabbed and clubbed the great ape, which they considered a pest because it ruined the family's pineapple plantation.

Yuliansyah, who goes by a single name, said the boy will continue to attend school while the case is underway.
 

The adults face up to five years in prison.

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First Published: Feb 19 2018 | 6:00 PM IST

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