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Malaysia Airlines denied that the three tortoise smugglers were its employees, and are still conducting investigation
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14 FEB: On Friday night, 12 February, three MAS employees were arrested for trying to smuggle 30 tortoises, The Star Online reported citing a report by Bangla daily Prothom Alo. The tortoises were seized at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, The Star added.
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Identified as 35-year-old Deputy Station Manager Samiur Rahman, 29-year-old Passenger Service Specialist Jewel Ahmed, and 30-year-old Baggage Handler Mizanur Rahman, all three of them were fined RM5,150 each by a mobile court at the airport. Two of them, Jewel and Mizanur, were also sentenced to one-year imprisonment.
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