00:00 The Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya has acquitted and discharged Nasheed Singer and composer
00:07 Mohamed Yasin Sulaiman on three drug charges.
00:11 When handing out the decision on Wednesday, Judge Faiz Jiyauddin said after examining
00:16 testimony of the prosecution and defence witnesses, the court found that the accused had committed
00:22 the acts on March 24, 2022, as stated in the three charges.
00:28 Nevertheless, the symptoms of mania experienced by Yasin at that time caused cognitive impairment
00:34 to such a severe level that he was unable to know that the act was wrong and against
00:39 the law.
00:40 As such, in accordance with Section 348(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the court
00:45 hereby ruled that the accused be placed under safe custody at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta
00:52 in Perang, at the pleasure of the Sultan of Selangor, as provided under Section 348(2)
01:00 of the law.
01:01 When met after the proceedings, Yasin said he was thankful that the court freed him of
01:06 the drug charges.
01:22 His older brother Zain Sulaiman said Yasin was stunned when he heard the court's decision.
01:27 "The feeling cannot be described with words.
01:34 We can only say Alhamdulillah, we are thankful to Allah for this very joyful decision on
01:42 behalf of my brother Yasin.
01:46 We have been waiting for this decision for a long time.
01:48 Yasin has been waiting for more than 20 months in prison.
01:55 I saw his face, I noticed his face was so popular.
01:59 I think he was literally speechless because I saw his face was stunned.
02:08 Is it real what I'm hearing?
02:12 And that's the same thing.
02:13 I feel the same way.
02:14 Is what I'm hearing true?"
02:16 Yasin had been charged with self-administration of a drug known as THC, possessing cannabis
02:22 type drugs and cultivating cannabis plants.
02:27 "
02:28 "I'm not saying that I'm not thankful to Allah for this decision.
02:29 I'm just saying that I'm thankful to Allah for this very joyful decision on behalf of
02:30 my brother Yasin.
02:31 I'm thankful to Allah for this very joyful decision on behalf of my brother Yasin.
02:31 I'm thankful to Allah for this very joyful decision on behalf of my brother Yasin."
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