A 56-year-old rubber tapper has been detained for allegedly poaching an endangered Malayan Sun Bear in the wild for consumption.

Perak's Wildlife and National Parks Department director Shabrina Shariff said her officers found the head and four limbs of the animal in the man's refrigerator in a raid on Tuesday. Shotgun marks were seen on its head.

The adult bear weighed some 95kg but its sex could not be determined because all its organs were removed.

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