Singer stars in drug trial

Singer stars in drug trial

BANDUNG, West Java: Prosecutors are seeking five-month jail
terms for a jazz singer, identified as KA, and his girlfriend for
possessing marijuana.

Prosecutor Tatang Wardjita told a panel of judges presided
over by Mohammad Taufik at the Bandung District Court yesterday
that the two defendants were proven guilty of violating the
narcotics law.

The two were allegedly drunk and in possession of marijuana
when police stopped and searched their car in an operation in the
city last December.

KA claimed in a previous court session that he obtained the
illegal drug from his girlfriend, identified as Mar.

Mar said she was unaware the pack of cigarettes, which she
bought in Pasar Baru, Jakarta, just days before the arrest,
contained marijuana.

The trial was adjourned until tomorrow to hear the defendants'
plea, Antara reported yesterday. (rms)