Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Sentenced To 15 Years In Jail In Tanzania.

[Cattledog]

A convicted Chinese trafficker known as the "ivory queen" has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Tanzanian court.

Yang Fenglan, who has lived in Tanzania on and off for decades and operated a Chinese restaurant, was found guilty of working with two Tanzanian men to smuggle more than 800 pieces of ivory between 2000 and 2004, as Reuters reported.

Yang and the men – Salivius Matembo and Manase Philemon – were convicted of "leading an organised criminal gang," according to the wire service. They have denied the accusations.

She was initially arrested in 2015, following what the BBC termed a "high speed car chase" with Tanzanian authorities.

Investigators say Yang "was a key link between poachers in East Africa and buyers in China for more than a decade," the broadcaster reported.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/696038515/chinese-ivory-queen-sentenced-to-15-years-in-jail-in-tanzania?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190219&fbclid=IwAR10d-4rwT6iqFSIBOKAzYvXkcROiR5psJOXBwTPpvSGnvrFrEtbh1Sse-c

[pansypoo53219]

1. should have just killed her like an elephant.

[3Hotdogs]

2. + 1

Still kinda interesting.... I don't support the death penalty but when it comes to animal abuse like this, I would go for it. --- wondering about that contradiction in myself.

I am also not a vegitarian.

[Duppers]

3. Wonder how many hundreds of elephants

She is responsible for having killed!!

May she rot!!