Actor Farid absent in court due to knee surgery

The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fixed Sept 7 for mention of six charges facing Datuk Farid Kamil Zahari when informed that the actor-cum-director was not able to appear in court yesterday as he was undergoing a knee surgery.

The court had on June 29 fixed yesterday for mention of the six charges against Farid Kamil.

Farid Kamil’s lawyer, Faizul Mohd Nasir, informed the court that his client was undergoing the knee surgery at the Tuanku Jaafar Hospital in Seremban yesterday.

However, no medical report or sick certificate was produced in the court.

Deputy public prosecutor Mohamed Firdaous Mohamad Idris, who prosecuted, then requested for a arrest warrant to be issued against the actor, but Faizul asked the court not to do so as he had already informed the court on his client’s absence.

“I request the court to give my client a chance to submit the medical certificate and if he fails to do so, I leave it to the court to decide,” he added.

Magistrate Nor Ariffin Hisham did not allow the prosecution’s request for the arrest warrant and set Sept 7 for mention.

The court had fixed five days for trial of the cases Farid Kamil, who is facing five charges including voluntarily causing hurt and disorderly conduct. It also fixed yesterday for mention of the cases.

On Jan 16, Farid Kamil pleaded not guilty to four counts, comprising two counts for voluntarily causing hurt, using criminal force and disorderly conduct by using improper language at Kota Damansara Traffic Police Station.

For the first and second charge, Farid Kamil was alleged to have caused injury to Ashraf Ahmad, 35, a private company account manager and Constable Muhammad Nizam Jamaluddin, 24, a policeman.

On the third count, Farid Kamil was alleged to have used criminal force on Muhammad Nizam, who was performing his duty as a police officer,while the third count, was for disorderly conduct by uttering improper words at Muhammad Nizam at the police station.

Nine days later, on Jan 25, Farid Kamil also pleaded not guilty to using Tetra Hydrocannabinol or THC drug. - Bernama