RANTAU PANJANG: Kelantan police are expected to record statements today from singer Eda Ezrin and five others who were released from Narathiwat prison yesterday.
A police spokesman said their statements would be taken shortly after their arrival at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex here this morning.
In addition to taking their statements, the spokesman said urine samples would also be collected for screening purposes.
He said this process would be carried out by the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) from the state police headquarters.
“The statements and the urine tests are expected to take more than two hours,” the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, two police vans were spotted outside the checkpoint on standby to transport the group.
The New Straits Times has reached out to Bukit Aman Narcotic Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Hussein Omar Khan for comments.
Yesterday, Eda Ezrin, whose real name is Wan Norshaheeda Azlin Wan Ismail, along with her husband and four friends, were released from Narathiwat Central Prison after the court rejected the prosecution’s sixth application to appeal its March ruling against the six.
The group had previously been held on suspicion of involvement in drug-related offences, although the case was never brought to trial.
Their release marks the end of months-long legal proceedings in the Thai courts.
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