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Taiwan-born actress Cherrie Ying Choi-yee has won a court order to get a fingerprint examination of a packet of cocaine  that is a key exhibit in a drug case against her.

Magistrate Abu Bakar bin Wahab  made the order in Kowloon City Court  after defence lawyer Rex So  told him prosecutors had been unable to comply with a request for the test.

The 21-year-old starlet, whose real name is Ting Win,  has pleaded not guilty to possessing  a dangerous drug.

The court has heard  Ying  was arrested on November 6 after a packet with 0.35 gram of cocaine was thrown out of a car at a road block. She pleaded not guilty at a hearing in December.

At that hearing, the defence sought a fingerprint test and was told the bag was important evidence and would not be easily released.  The defence was told to take up the matter  with prosecutors.

Yesterday, Mr  So told the court  prosecutors had said they could not open the sealed bag containing the packet of powder without a court order.

The court heard the actress was in a car with three friends when they were stopped at a police road block by Constable Ng Kit-man on Cumberland Road in Kowloon City.

The constable seized the packet of cocaine  after it was thrown from the car, and Ying was taken to Kowloon City Police Station.

Yesterday, Constable Ng submitted a sealed police property envelope to the court.

He told prosecutor Joseph To Ho-shing  that it contained the drug.  Ying had her $5,000 bail extended. Her trial has been set for June 22.

Ying, who signed with China Star Entertainment in 2000, has worked with stars including Andy Lau Tak-wah,  Lau Ching-wan  and Louis Koo Tin-lok  on films such as Professional Killers and Fat Choi Spirit.  She was also in the recent Seoul Raiders.



Actress wins court order for fingerprint test on packet of cocaine