Malaysian Natural Resources and Environment Minister Azmi Khalid Tuesday denied that the Malaysian government has lifted the 1984 ban on the capture and export of long-tailed macaques, Malaysia's national news agency Bernama reported.
Azmi Khalid said the government cabinet only agreed to allowed those with license to capture and export the long-tailed monkeys caught in urban areas, especially those which had caused problems to humans, Bernama said.
"He claimed that he had been misquoted by the media in the statement that he made on the matter on Aug.17," Bernama said.
Azmi said on Aug.17 that the Malaysian government had decided to"lift the ban", imposed since 1984, on the exports of long- tailed monkeys as a bid to reduce the number of the long-tailed monkeys in urban areas in the country, according to Bernama.
The decision was only for Peninsular Malaysia, not covering the two states of Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, he said.
Source: Xinhua
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