Prosecutors seek a Dutch interpreter<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: The hearing of a drug case at Tangerang District
\nCourt was adjourned again on Monday, as prosecutors are yet to
\nfind an interpreter for Dutch defendant Sibel Yuacuac, 20.<\/p>\n
Sibel was arrested at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
\nwith 4,862 ecstasy pills in her bag, upon her arrival from
\nMalaysia late in August.<\/p>\n
She is charged with violating Law No. 5\/1999 on psychotropic
\nsubstances. If proven guilty, she will face a maximum sentence of
\ndeath.<\/p>\n
The trial was scheduled to start last Thursday, but
\nprosecutors refused to use either one of two staff members from
\nthe Netherlands embassy office who were in attendance as
\ninterpreters, said lawyer Hendrik.<\/p>\n
The defendant, who was depressed and had once tried to commit
\nsuicide, told The Jakarta Post that she could not speak fluent
\nEnglish and need an interpreter.<\/p>\n
However, prosecutors said that in the next session they would
\nuse an English interpreter for the defendant.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Ade Komarusin adjourned the trial until
\nWednesday. -- JP<\/p>",
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