the following translation is direct from Google Translate; ZOO MELAKA SASAR SEJUTA PELAWAT DI BAWAH PENGURUSAN BAHARU - MOHD ALI - Yahoo! News Malaysia 1 Feb 2013
interesting development: Zoo saga takes new twist as 230 animals go missing - Nation | The Star Online
Sounds like a case of corrupt officials making the most of their last opportunity to make some money from the zoo. While some of the animals may have been legitimately (if not sucessfully) transferred, I can't believe that 230 animals, many of which appear to be particularly valuable species, were sent to other institutions in twelve days. I'd hate to think what happened to some of those animals.
I wonder if the accounting was inaccurate to start with. It seems quite incredulous for 230 animals to be moved in just 12 days. If it were true, then I would bet that most of those animals have died as there is no way of properly and humanely moving this many animals in such a short span of time.
indeed. See also this thread where the figures appeared grossly overbown: http://www.zoochat.com/249/zoo-now-has-530-species-186002/