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	Seven males and three females were found in the forest of Tawautown in the eastern state of Sabah, 1,800 kilometres east of KualaLumpur, according to wildlife director Laurentius Ambu.</div>
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	&quot;If our investigation shows that these elephants were intentionally poisoned, we will make sure that those responsible would be brought to justice,&quot; he said by telephone.</div>
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	&quot;This is the first (known) time that elephants could have been poisoned.&quot; Laurentius said the first carcass was found on December 29, and officials have since discovered bodies of dead or dying pachyderms.</div>
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	&quot;The last dead elephant we found was two days ago,&quot; he said. &quot;We have sent tissue samples to the veterinary department to check on what really caused the death of the elephants.&quot; &nbsp; The Bornean elephant, a sub-specie of Asiatic elephant, can only be found in Sabah and the nearby Indonesian province of Kalimantan.</div>
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	Laurentius said there were an estimated 2,000 Bornean elephants roaming Sabah forests.//DPA</div>

10 Bornean elephants found dead in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur - Ten endangered Bornean elephants were found dead in eastern Malaysia within the span of one month in what authorities suspect to be cases of poisoning, a senior state wildlife official said Tuesday.