00:00The Narathiwat Court has freed Malaysian Dikir Barat singer Wan Nor Shahida Azlin Wan Ismail,
00:08better known as Eda Ezrin, her husband, and four other Malaysians from the charge of being
00:13in possession of 6,059 Yaba pills.
00:17The court's two-judge panel made the decision after finding no evidence to connect the possession
00:23of the drug with all the accused.
00:26The six accused were previously sentenced to six months in jail and fined 4,000 Thai
00:31Baht after pleading guilty to another charge of consuming the Yaba pills.
00:37However, they were exempted from paying the fine after serving four months in jail and
00:42demonstrating good behavior throughout their detention at the Narathiwat prison.
00:47Their lawyer, Sufian Abdul Aziz, told reporters that his clients must remain in prison while
00:53waiting for the prosecution to file an appeal.
00:57If there is no appeal, they will be allowed to return to Malaysia.
01:01The six Malaysians, including the 30-year-old singer, were arrested in a raid at a hotel
01:07in Golok Town on November 1 last year for allegedly possessing more than 6,000 psychotropic
01:13pills.
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