A dark day for nasyid singer, composer Yasin

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Nasyid singer and composer Yasin Sulaiman was sentenced to life imprisonment and 16 strokes of the cane by the Shah Alam High Court on Thursday (Aug 22) after being found guilty of three drug offences.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc2a5xmj  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Nasheed singer and composer Yasin Suleiman has been sentenced to life imprisonment and

00:0516 strokes of the cane by the Shah Alam High Court after being found guilty of three drug

00:10offences.

00:11Judge Datuk Norsharidha Awang made the decision on Thursday after allowing the prosecution's

00:16appeal to overturn the acquittal of Yasin by the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court in November

00:21last year.

00:22Upon hearing the verdict, the Mimpi Leila singer appeared sombre, while family members,

00:27including his 16-year-old daughter, wept in the public gallery of the court.

00:36According to the first amended charge, the 49-year-old was accused of possessing 193.7

00:42grams of cannabis at a condominium in Kota Damansara at 5.30pm on March 24, 2022.

00:50The charge was made under Section 6 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and punishable under

00:56Section 39A, Subsection 2 of the same Act, which provides for life imprisonment or not

01:01less than 5 years, and a minimum of 10 strokes of the cane if convicted.

01:06For the second charge, Yasin was accused of cultivating 17 cannabis plants at the same

01:11location, time and date.

01:13He was charged under Section 6B, Subsection 1A of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries

01:18a penalty of life imprisonment and a minimum of 6 strokes of the cane if convicted.

01:24For the third charge, Yasin was accused of self-administering THC, a primary active component

01:29of cannabis, at the Narcotics Office of the Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters

01:34at 11.05pm on the same date.

01:37For this offence, the charge was brought under Section 15, Subsection 1A of the Dangerous

01:42Drugs Act, which carries a fine of up to 5,000 ringgit, or a maximum of 2 years imprisonment

01:48if convicted.

01:50On November 29, 2023, Yasin was acquitted and discharged of the three drug cases, but

01:56the court ordered him to be placed under the care of Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Perak

02:00for the duration of the Selangor Sultan's consent.

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