5 days ago
Close relatives get 15 minutes only with 6 Malaysians in south Thailand jail once a week
KOTA BARU: Families of six Malaysians, including singer Eda Ezrin who is serving time in Narathiwat Provincial Prison in south Thailand, are allowed to visit them once a week only.
Narathiwat prison's director Superintendent Surin Chantep said the visits were scheduled every Thursday.
"Only immediate family members, such as parents, are allowed. Distant relatives are not encouraged to visit," he said, adding that each visit is limited to 15 minutes.
He added inmates were also allowed to order food through the prison's management.
Surin gave his assurance that all inmates, including Malaysians, were treated well and provided with sufficient food and basic necessities.
Eda Ezrin, whose real name is Wan Norshaheeda Azlin Wan Ismail, 30, her husband Mohd Affendi Ahmad, 35, and their friends Eridieka Mohd Noor, 33, Mohamad Alif Deraman, 33, Nur Aida Mamat, 33 and Zuhaira Nasrin, 26, had been in jail for almost nine months.
The six were caught in possession of 6,059 methamphetamine pills.
In March, the Narathiwat Court found them not guilty of jointly possessing the pills with intent to sell and allowed the Thai prosecution to appeal.
The appeal had been extended four times with the latest one-month period granted by the court expected to end on Aug 6.
