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Singer Yasin getting treatment for bipolar disorder, says lawyer

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He says the singer will undergo follow-up treatment within six weeks at the Sungai Buloh Hospital.

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Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman at the Petaling Jaya court complex today. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:
Nasyid singer and composer Muhammad Yasin Sulaiman, who was charged with cultivating cannabis plants and trafficking in 214gm of the drug on March 31 received his first treatment for bipolar disorder yesterday at the Sungai Buloh Hospital.

Yasin’s lawyer Ariff Azami Hussien said this when the case came up for mention today in separate proceedings before sessions court judge Jamaludin Mat and magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah.

Ariff said the psychiatric treatment that needed to be given to Yasin was managed by the Sungai Buloh Prison after the application was made at the previous proceedings.

“My client will also receive follow-up treatment within six weeks at the Sungai Buloh Hospital,” he said.

Earlier, deputy public prosecutors Norhashimah Hashim and Maryam Jamilah Ab Manaff said the prosecution had yet to obtain the chemist’s report and requested for another date to submit it.

Both courts fixed June 22 for the next mention.

The proceedings were also attended by Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and Yasin’s brother Zain.

On March 31, Yasin, who became popular with the song “Mimpi Laila” was charged with cultivating 17 cannabis plants in plastic pots at his residence at Kondominium Casa Indah, Persiaran Surian, Damansara Indah Resort Home, PJU 3, Kota Damansara, here at 5.30pm on March 24.

The charge was framed under Section 6B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides for life imprisonment and whipping of not less than six strokes, if found guilty.

Yasin was also charged with trafficking 214gm of cannabis at the same location, time and date. The charge is framed under Section 39B (1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 39B (2) of the same Act, with either the death penalty or life imprisonment, and up to 15 strokes of the rotan, upon conviction.

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