The five animals are one live estuarine crocodile, one stuffed estuarine crocodile, two live yellow-and-orange-crested parrots, and one live peacock. The live animals are in good health.
The animals’ owner, a Japanese man named Maruo Tokashi, 46, claimed that he was only the caretaker of the animals, not the owner. To the police, Maruo said he received the animals from an unknown person about six months ago. Maruo, who is also the marketing manager of Villa's Pasti, said that he decided to accept the animals out of concern for their welfare. However, no legal documents of ownership were presented to him during the handover.
If proven guilty, the Japanese man, whose wife is a Balinese from Gianyar, could be sentenced to one to five years imprisonment and fined Rp 50 million to 100 million for violation of Law No. 5/1990 on conservation of natural resources and ecosystems. However, the police acknowledged that Maruo was not yet a suspect. Along with three villa staff, Maruo is still a witness to the case.
Maruo kept the crocodile in a breeding pool surrounded by an iron fence in the compound of the villa owned by his in-laws. Both parrots were kept in bird cages in front of the villa, while the peacock roamed free in the villa’s backyard. The police alleged that the animals had been kept to attract foreign visitors to come and stay in the villa. The police pointed out that the presence of legitimate documents was crucial when possessing protected species.
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