December 16, 2021
The court in Aceh convicted the men of violating Indonesian laws protecting natural resources and their ecosystems.
Judges prepare to read their verdict as suspected poachers from left to right, Rinaldi Antonius, Jeffry, Zainal, Edi Murdani, Soni Bin Sanusi are seen on a screen displayed in the courtroom during their live-streamed sentencing hearing at the local district court in East Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. The court handed down prison sentences to the elephant poacher, three and a half years, and to the four men who were previously identified as the ivory buyers, three years, on Wednesday after finding them guilty of violating the law on the conservation of living natural resources and their ecosystems for killing an elephant and selling the ivory last July. (AP Photo)