Who wants Shuhaily OUT?? Follow the smuggling trail
When thousands of wild animals are smuggled through international air routes linked to Malaysia, the public deserves to know who is behind these criminal networks — and whether anyone powerful is protecting them. Between 2024 and 2026, reports of wildlife smuggling have exposed a disturbing problem that Malaysia cannot afford to ignore. According to TRAFFIC, more than 22,000 individual animals were seized in 35 smuggling incidents involving air routes linked to Malaysia in 2025 alone. In the last four months of 2024, an estimated 10,000 live wild animals were seized at destination airports after departing Malaysia. Reports have also documented baby gibbons packed into small carriers and concealed in luggage. These are not insignificant numbers. They raise serious questions about the scale of organised wildlife trafficking, the people financing it, the networks transporting the animals and whether all those responsible are being investigated. Who are the masterminds? Who are their prote...
