{"id":6817,"date":"2017-08-28T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2017-08-28T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:18:21","slug":"orangutan-news-indonesian-authorities-uncover-online-orangutan-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/orangutan-news-indonesian-authorities-uncover-online-orangutan-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan News: Indonesian Authorities Uncover Online Orangutan Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6818\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fa-monkey-25081-e1503933346314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6818\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An orangutan at a rescue center &#8211; not associated with story below PHOTO: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>PONTIANAK\/JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) &#8211; Wildlife traffickers in Indonesia are taking their illicit business to social media such as Facebook and Instagram, with the latest case coming to light this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday (Aug 21), West Kalimantan forest rangers and police arrested a suspect, identified only as Tar, on suspicion of selling two baby orangutans on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old suspect was arrested at his house in a neighborhood in West Kalimantan, where two orangutans were found in a basket in the garage. The investigation into Tar, who had offered to sell a 10-month-old female and a one-year-old male orangutan on his Instagram account, began after the police received a tip-off about the Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>During investigations, Tar told police that he had long been selling various endangered animals, such as orangutans and the Kalimantan grey gibbon on online platforms or face-to-face transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Tar added that he had obtained the baby orangutans from a &#8220;supplier&#8221; in Sintang regency, which borders Malaysia, before trying to sell each infant orangutan for Rp 3.5 million (US$262).<\/p>\n<p><em>This excerpt from a news article appeared in and is courtesy of The Straits Times and can be viewed in its entirety <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/indonesia-authorities-uncover-online-orangutan-trade\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PONTIANAK\/JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) &#8211; Wildlife traffickers in Indonesia are taking their illicit business to social media such as Facebook and Instagram, with the latest case coming to light this week. 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