S'poreans jailed for drugs

S'poreans jailed for drugs

YOGYAKARTA: The Yogyakarta district court has jailed four
Singaporeans for smoking marijuana, the Antara news agency said
Tuesday.

The agency said that judges at three separate trials found
Singaporeans Affandi, Kamaruddin, Abdul Muthalib and Mohammad
Khairudin guilty of smoking marijuana while at a hotel in
Yogyakarta in July.

Affandi, Kamaruddin and Muthalid were each jailed four-and-a
-half months and ordered to pay a fine of Rp 200,000 (US$87.40
dollars) while Khairuddin, was sentenced to five-and-a-half
months in jail and ordered to pay the same fine for smoking and
possessing the drug.

The four defendants have requested time to decide whether to
appeal. (swe)