KOTA BARU: The family of The Malaysian artiste, currently remanded at the Narathiwat prison, has denied that they might sell their land and home to cover the RM1.3 million legal fees requested by Thai lawyers.
A close family member, who declined to be named, said they have never discussed about selling the properties as quoted by a local newspaper yesterday (Dec 21).
"I would like to stress that we have never issue such statement as quoted in the news.
"We have never discussed about it and to pay for the huge fees. For us, it is not the right time to hire the lawyers from Thailand to help us in handling the case.
"We were also surprised after hearing the amount demanded by the lawyers," he said.
The eldest in the siblings who claimed to be the spokesman for the singer's family, said his family would only made their next move when the "time arrives".
He added that the family would visit the singer again this week to check on her condition.
The singer told the Malaysian press at the provincial prison here yesterday (Dec 21) that her family is raising money to hire a lawyer for her.
She said two Thai lawyers had offered to take her case, but both wanted fees of 10 million baht (over RM1 million) each.
She added that her family could not afford to pay the fees and has politely rejected their offers.
On Nov 1, the 29-year-old Malaysian artiste and five other Malaysians were arrested for the alleged possession of 6,000 yaba pills at a hotel in Sungai Golok town.
Following their arrests, the Narathiwat court has granted police an 84-day further detention order for the six.