Zarina's Ecstasy counted<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): For two hours and ten minutes the three judges,
\nthe prosecutor, her assistant and court clerks counted 29,677
\nEcstasy pills Thursday at the West Jakarta Court.<\/p>\n
The wanted to assure the public that all the pills seized from
\nthe defendant, Zarina Mirafsur, were accounted for.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor Rizia Djamil had requested that the pills,
\nwhich police found in a safe in Zarina's house, be counted.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old television actress was arrested Aug. 7 last
\nyear at her house in Kebun Jeruk, and is on trial for producing,
\npossessing and distributing Ecstasy pills.<\/p>\n
She faces a maximum 15-year jail sentence for violating the
\nHealth Law on drug abuse.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Sumantri said, after the pills had been
\ncounted, that the amount matched the number recorded on the
\ninditement.<\/p>\n
Judge Sumantri told the court he had decided to count the
\npills, packed in 30 plastic bags, to make the session \"ideal\".<\/p>\n
\"This trial has started well, and should continue to do so.
\nLet's count them all,\" he said.<\/p>\n
A video tape of police questioning Zarina at the Tangerang
\nPolice Precinct, 26 kilometers west of here, was also viewed on
\nThursday. The police recording showed the safe containing the
\npills.<\/p>\n
Zarina's lawyers asked her to tell the court whether she had
\nbeen informed of her rights at the police precinct. The defendant
\nsaid the police had not informed her.<\/p>\n
In the previous session, the defendant said she was surprised
\nto see the pills in the safe. She said the safe belonged to her
\nfriend, Roy.<\/p>\n
The trial was adjourned until May 1 when the prosecution will
\nstate its case. (13)<\/p>",
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