Thai prosecutors seek extended detention for Malaysian singer Eda Ezrin, five others
KOTA BARU: Thai prosecutors yesterday filed another one-month appeal with the Narathiwat court to extend the detention of Malaysian dikir barat singer Eda Ezrin, her husband, and four others.
The application was submitted at the court counter in the evening.
A court spokesman said a judge is expected to decide on the appeal early next week.
"If the court grants the extension, the Malaysian singer and the five others will be held in prison for another month.
"This will allow more time for investigators to gather evidence linking the six Malaysians to the possession of 6,059 yaba pills," the spokesman said.
On March 6, Eda Ezrin and the five other Malaysians were acquitted of possessing 6,059 Yaba pills in Sungai Golok town on Nov 1 last year.
The decision was made by a panel of two judges in a 30-minute trial at Narathiwat Provincial Court.
For the drug consumption charge, the judge sentenced them to six months' jail and fined them 4,000 baht (RM526) each.
However, they were not required to serve the jail sentences as they had already been held in Narathiwat prison for more than four months.
They were also exempted from paying the fine.
The court also gave the prosecution the first one month to file the appeal against the decision on the drug consumption charge.
The one-month appeal ended on April 6.
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