PETALING JAYA: The Sessions Court right here was informed that the charge of cultivating 17 hashish vegetation against nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman can be maintained, in accordance with Section 6B (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Asnawi Abu Hanipah stated this adopted the chemical report obtained by the prosecution on Tuesday (June 21), which confirmed that the vegetation had been certainly hashish.
“As such, we wish to request a brand new date for remention to allow submission of crucial paperwork to the defence workforce,” he stated at case point out proceedings earlier than Sessions Court Judge Jamaludin Mat on Wednesday (June 22).
Lawyer Ariff Azami Hussien represented Muhammad Yasin.
The courtroom then fastened July 6 for remention.
Muhammad Yasin, 47, was charged with cultivating 17 hashish vegetation in plastic pots at his residence at Casa Indah Condominium in Kota Damansara right here at 5.30pm final March 24.
The charge, framed beneath Section 6B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, supplies life imprisonment and whipping of not lower than six strokes of the rotan, upon conviction.
Meanwhile, Magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah additionally fastened July 6 for point out of the charge of trafficking 214 grammes of hashish confronted by the singer.
The charge, framed beneath Section 39B (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable beneath Section 39B (2) of the identical act, supplies the demise penalty or life imprisonment, and if not sentenced to demise, is punishable by whipping of not lower than 15 strokes, upon conviction. – Bernama
