Cop: Actor Farid Kamil slapped me
Bernama
-December 13, 2018 10:31 PM
Actor-director Farid Kamil Zahari is facing four charges, two of them for voluntarily causing hurt, one for using criminal force and the other for disorderly conduct. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: A policeman told the Magistrate’s Court here today that actor and director Farid Kamil Zahari kept shouting when he was at a police station, saying, “Do you know who I am? I am Datuk Farid Kamil!”
Constable Muhammad Nizam Jamaluddin, 24, said during the incident, he was on temporary duty at the Kota Damansara police station.
He said Farid became angry and started shouting after being told that he could not make a police report there over a news article as the station only handled traffic cases.
The prosecution’s second witness said Farid came to the police station about 1pm on Jan 11. He was brought there by the first witness in the case, Ashraf Ahmad, 35, an account executive, who said Farid wished to lodge a police report on an accident.
“Upon reaching the enquiry counter, Farid showed an article with the heading, ‘300 artis meminjam Ah Long kerana tiada pekerjaan’ (‘300 artistes borrow from Ah Long because there’s no work’) and asked whether the report was true.
“I told him if he wanted to make a report on the case, he should go to another police station as that station only handled traffic cases,” Nizam said when questioned by DPP Alia Sumayyah Amran on the third day of hearing of four criminal cases against the actor.
The witness said Farid suddenly became angry, stood up and started shouting.
Ashraf tried to calm him down but he kept on shouting and slapped Ashraf.
“I quickly tried to stop Farid, saying, ‘Datuk cannot do this’, but I too was slapped by him.
“I felt a stinging pain on my left cheek from the slap.
“What was embarrassing was that I was in a traffic police uniform and the incident happened in the presence of members of the public at the police station.”
Nizam said Farid’s aggressive behaviour at the time forced him to handcuff the actor. He said he had difficulty doing it as Farid was physically bigger and taller than him.
“I tried a few times but failed. I finally handcuffed him, while he was lying face down on the floor, with the help of Ashraf and a member of the public.”
Last Jan 16, Farid pleaded not guilty to four charges, two of them for voluntarily causing hurt, one for using criminal force and the other for disorderly conduct by using improper language at the Kota Damansara traffic police station.
Farid was represented by lawyer Megat Syazlee Mokhtarom. Hearing before magistrate Nor Ariffin Hisham continues tomorrow.
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