Film actor, director Farid Kamil faces 4 charges

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PETALING JAYA: Malaysian film actor and director Datuk Farid Kamil Zahari faced the magistrates court here yesterday to answer four charges including voluntarily causing hurt to a private company accounts executive and a policeman.

He claimed trial to all the charges.

On the first two charges, he allegedly assaulted Ashraf Ahmad, 35, and constable Muhammad Nizam  Jamaluddin, 24, at the Kota Damansara, Petaling Traffic Police Station information counter at 1.20 pm on Jan 11.

The charges are framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code which provides for a maximum one year imprisonment or RM2,000 fine, or both, on conviction.

For the third charge, Farid, 37, is accused of using criminal force to prevent Muhammad Nizam from carrying out his duty as a public servant at the same place, time and date under Section 353 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of two years or a fine, or both, on conviction.

For the fourth charge, the father of two, aged five years and three years, is accused of disorderly conduct at the police station by hurling insults at Muhammad Nizam, under Section 90 of the Police Act 1967, which carries a maximum fine of RM500 or up to six months’ imprisonment, or both, on conviction.

Magistrate Nor Ariffin Hisham set bail at RM3,000 with one surety for each of the charge, and March 5 for remention.

Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Fazeedah  Faiq proposed RM5,000 as bail, with one surety, for each of the charges.

However, counsel Athari Bahardin mitigated for a lower sum, telling the court that Farid did not have a steady income and has to support a wife, two children as well as his aged parents.

The accused’s wife and actress Datin Diana Danielle and two of his brothers Dr Anis Anwar Zahari and Fadzil Bahari Zahari, who is also the husband of actress Yana Samsudin, were in court to provide him moral support.

When the proceeding ended, Farid was brought out of the courtroom to the lockup through the witness room door, with Diana, wearing ‘baju kurung’, in tow, to avoid reporters who were waiting outside the main door.

Around 12 pm, Diana, covering her face with a folding fan, was seen hastily leaving the courthouse and getting into a 4WD vehicle with her personal assistant at the wheel.

On the day of the alleged incident, Farid was reported to have come to the police station to lodge a report following an accident. Meanwhile, reporters managed to catch up with Farid who expressed joy and gratitude for his wife’s presence.

“I love my family; I miss my children … I am very happy that my wife came today. I love Diana,” he said. — Bernama