Un ressortissant chinois a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 un an de prison pour avoir tent\u00e9 de faire sortir clandestinement des fourmis du Kenya.<\/p>\n
Zhang Kequn a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 \u00e0 l’a\u00e9roport de Nairobi le mois dernier avec plus de 2\u00a0000 fourmis dissimul\u00e9es dans ses bagages.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0M. Zhang \u00e9tait initialement accus\u00e9 de trafic d’esp\u00e8ces sauvages sans permis, ainsi que de complot en vue de commettre un crime\u00a0\u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 son avocat, David Lusweti.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Il a n\u00e9goci\u00e9 avec le parquet et l’accusation de complot a \u00e9t\u00e9 abandonn\u00e9e. Il est rest\u00e9 accus\u00e9 de trafic d’esp\u00e8ces sauvages sans permis, pour lequel il a promis de plaider coupable.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Les insectes \u00e9taient principalement destin\u00e9s \u00e0 la Chine, aux \u00c9tats-Unis et \u00e0 l’Europe, o\u00f9 ils sont pris\u00e9s comme mets d\u00e9licats, aphrodisiaques et animaux de compagnie. Une seule fourmi peut valoir jusqu’\u00e0 100\u00a0dollars.<\/p>\n
Zhang devra \u00e9galement payer une amende d’environ 8\u00a0000 dollars ou purger une ann\u00e9e de prison suppl\u00e9mentaire.<\/p>\n
Lors du prononc\u00e9 de la sentence mercredi, la juge Irene Gichobi a d\u00e9crit Zhang comme d\u00e9pourvu de remords et \u00ab\u00a0une personne peu honn\u00eate\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Il est n\u00e9cessaire d’infliger une peine dissuasive et s\u00e9v\u00e8re\u00a0\u00bb, a-t-elle d\u00e9clar\u00e9, soulignant \u00ab\u00a0la recrudescence des cas de trafic de fourmis de jardin en grande quantit\u00e9 et ses cons\u00e9quences \u00e9cologiques n\u00e9fastes\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
Le Kenyan Charles Mwangi a \u00e9galement comparu mercredi, accus\u00e9 d’avoir vendu des fourmis \u00e0 Zhang et \u00e0 trois personnes d\u00e9j\u00e0 condamn\u00e9es pour le m\u00eame d\u00e9lit l’ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re. Parmi elles figuraient deux adolescents belges arr\u00eat\u00e9s en possession de 5\u00a0000 fourmis. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 une amende, mais n’ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 incarc\u00e9r\u00e9s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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