KUALA LUMPUR: The National Heritage Department has warned that it will throw the book at souvenir hunters, following reports of people digging for artefacts at the newly found site of a shipwreck in Sungai Pahang.
Anyone finding items of historical value there must turn them over to the authorities or face five years in prison and a fine of up to RM50,000, it said, adding that it was illegal to dig for relics without a licence.
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