Vietnamese National Pleads Guilty in Malaysia to Possessing Protected Wildlife Parts

On April 11, 2026, Hoang Van Thai, 39, a Vietnamese man, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing protected wildlife parts without a license. Hoang Van Thai was convicted of possessing 1,022 gall bladders and 191 tongues of reticulated pythons, a protected wildlife species under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, without a license.