Zarina's Ecstasy counted

Zarina's Ecstasy counted

JAKARTA (JP): For two hours and ten minutes the three judges,
the prosecutor, her assistant and court clerks counted 29,677
Ecstasy pills Thursday at the West Jakarta Court.

The wanted to assure the public that all the pills seized from
the defendant, Zarina Mirafsur, were accounted for.

The prosecutor Rizia Djamil had requested that the pills,
which police found in a safe in Zarina's house, be counted.

The 24-year-old television actress was arrested Aug. 7 last
year at her house in Kebun Jeruk, and is on trial for producing,
possessing and distributing Ecstasy pills.

She faces a maximum 15-year jail sentence for violating the
Health Law on drug abuse.

Presiding judge Sumantri said, after the pills had been
counted, that the amount matched the number recorded on the
inditement.

Judge Sumantri told the court he had decided to count the
pills, packed in 30 plastic bags, to make the session "ideal".

"This trial has started well, and should continue to do so.
Let's count them all," he said.

A video tape of police questioning Zarina at the Tangerang
Police Precinct, 26 kilometers west of here, was also viewed on
Thursday. The police recording showed the safe containing the
pills.

Zarina's lawyers asked her to tell the court whether she had
been informed of her rights at the police precinct. The defendant
said the police had not informed her.

In the previous session, the defendant said she was surprised
to see the pills in the safe. She said the safe belonged to her
friend, Roy.

The trial was adjourned until May 1 when the prosecution will
state its case. (13)