Primate expert in hiding after release

Primate expert Marc van Roosmalen, sentenced to 14 years prison in Brazil for ‘biopiracy’, says he feels more insecure than ever since being released from jail pending the continuation of his trial.


Roosmalen, 60, is now in hiding and told tv show Nova he fears being stalked by professional hitmen because he has never succumbed to corruption.

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