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| Tang Yong Jian buries his face in his palms in a Nairobi court. The Chinese national was sentenced to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of trying to smuggle 3.4 kg of elephant ivory. [PHOTO: AFP] |
By CYRUS OMBATI and AFP
Nairobi, Kenya: A court on Tuesday slapped a record sentence on a Chinese ivory smuggler, the first person to be convicted under the new legal framework.
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