NGO: Perhilitan and gibbon centre must work together despite legal tussle

The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) and Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (Grep) must work together for a long-term solution to successfully rehabilitate gibbons, the Malaysian Primatological Society said.

The NGO said this after Perhilitan raided Grep's gibbon rehabilitation centre in Pahang yesterday and confiscated four gibbons.

The 10-hour raid was conducted amid an ongoing court case between Grep founder Mariani Ramli and Perhilitan...