KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran filmmaker Datuk Yusof Haslam is unaware of his son, Syamsul Yusof's divorce from his second wife Ira Kazar.
"I don't know anything because we haven't been in touch for some time," said Yusof when contacted yesterday.
He refused to comment further on the matter as he had no information and was unaware of it.
"Allahuakbar... I don't know about this. We haven't been in touch, in fact, even on Aidilfitri he (Syamsul) did not come back (to the family home). He didn't contact us, so we don't dare comment because we don't know about it at all."
Syamsul's lawyer, Azmi Rais, confirmed that his client had filed for divorce from Ira at the Gombak Lower Syariah Court at 2pm yesterday.
He said Syamsul cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for seeking a divorce.
Syamsul and Ira, whose real name is Faghirah Fatini Kazaruddin, the daughter of veteran actor Kazar Saisi, were married in Southern Thailand on Jan 6 last year.
The director confirmed their marriage through a video posted on his Instagram account in January last year.
Following the news of their marriage, Syamsul's first wife, actress Puteri Sarah, 39, filed for divorce.
The couple's divorce was finalised on June 14 last year.