Trapped by Madagascar Tortoises

Conservation officials, using a hidden camera, record the illegal trading of rare species of animals leading to the arrest of some personnel of the BKSDA conservation center.

January 17, 2006

The footage is in a video compact disc showing officials selling rare wildlife species, entitled New Purveyors, Salemba Styled. The cover features a cockatoo wrapped in banknotes. The half-hour video exposed the practices of a few personnel from the Jakarta Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA).

The recording led to the announcement by Jakarta Metro Police two weeks ago that two BKSDA employees were being investigated as suspects: Muniful

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