Zarina's trial postponed

Zarina's trial postponed

JAKARTA (JP): Judge Sumantri of the West Jakarta District
Court yesterday postponed the hearing of Zarina, who is being
tried for possession of Ecstasy pills, until Monday due to her
illness.

The judge made the announcement in yesterday's session,
reading a letter from a Pondok Bambu detention house doctor which
informed the court that the defendant had diarrhea and needed to
rest for the day.

Two of her defense lawyers also did not turn up at the session
of the budding TV actress who stands charged with producing,
possessing, and distributing 29,667 Ecstasy pills.

Lawyer O.C. Kaligis, who attended the session with his
colleague Nurhasyim Ilyas, told the judge that he had no idea why
his other colleagues were absent.

Three officers from Tangerang Police Precinct, where Zarina
was first detained, were ready to testify yesterday.

Zarina made newspaper headlines when she escaped from police
escort from Tangerang to the Jakarta Police headquarters in
August last year.

She was arrested in Houston, USA, on Nov. 4 for immigration
violations and sent home on Nov. 17. (13)