Yasin freed from drug charges
PETALING JAYA - Nasyid singer and songwriter Yasin Sulaiman was acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court, here, today on three drug-related charges.
On July 6, last year, the 'Mimpi Laila' singer escaped the gallows after his charge of trafficking cannabis weighing about 214 grammes which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment was withdrawn by the prosecution.
However, he was hit with two new charges of possessing 193.7 grammes of cannabis and planting 17 cannabis plants in plastic pots filled with soil.
He was charged with committing the offences at his residence at Persiaran Surian Damansara Indah Resort Home, PJU 3, Kota Damansara here at 5.30pm, on March 24, 2022.
The charge for drug possession under Section 6 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39A(2) of the same act, carries a penalty of life imprisonment or not less than five years in prison and up to 10 strokes of the cane, if convicted.
For the charge of planting cannabis plants, the prosecution invoked Section 6B (1) (a) of the act, which provides for life imprisonment and not less than six strokes of the cane, if convicted.
Yasin also faced another count of administering drug 11-nor-delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid at the Narcotics Office of the Petaling Jaya District Headquarters at 11.05pm, the same day.
The charge framed under Section 15(1)(a) of the act which is punishable under Section 15(1) of the act, carries a fine not exceeding RM5,000 or a maximum jail term of two years, if convicted.
Yasin had pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
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