Slovakian scholars nabbed in Palawan<\/p>\n
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (AFP): Four Slovakian scientists
\nwere arrested here on Friday for attempting to smuggle out rare
\ninsects from the western Philippine province of Palawan,
\nenvironment officials said.<\/p>\n
The researchers from the zoology department of the Slovak
\nAcademy of Sciences in Bratislava were caught before boarding a
\ncommercial flight from the Palawan capital of Puerto Princesa to
\nManila, the Department of Environment Natural Resources said in a
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
Environment officials said the four will be charged with
\nviolating a presidential decree banning the taking of rare
\nspecies of plants and animals from the province, one of the
\nPhilippines' last marine and wildlife sanctuaries.<\/p>\n
They are expected to be ordered to pay ten times that value of
\nthe species caught in their possession, deported and blacklisted
\nfrom returning to the Philippines.<\/p>",
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