PETALING JAYA: Actor-cum-director Datuk Farid Kamil Zahari, who is facing six criminal charges, postponed his knee surgery which was scheduled last May due to his hectic work schedule and also to not disrupt proceedings of the court cases.
The actor of the film, J. Revolusi, told reporters this when met after his case came up for mention at the Magistrate’s Court here.
"I need to get a long rest, for six months, if I went for the knee surgery,” he said.
Earlier during the proceeding before Magistrate Nurulhuda Zakariya, the actor’s lawyer Faizul Mohd Nasir, informed that the court that he was still waiting for the result of the representation, which was sent to the Attorney-General’s Chamber seeking for the charges against his client to be dropped.
The court then set Aug 27 for mention of the six charges facing the 37-year-old actor.
Also present during today’s proceeding was Farid Kamil’s wife, Datin Diana Danielle.
Last Jan 16, Farid Kamil claimed trial to two charges of voluntarily causing hurt to a private company accounts executive, Ashraf Ahmad, 35, and police constable Muhammad Nizam Jamaluddin, 24.
He also denied a third charge of using criminal force on Muhammad Nizam to obstruct the civil servant from carrying out his duty, and the fourth charge of insolent behaviour towards the policeman.
On Jan 25 and March 9, the celebrity claimed trial to using the drug, tetra hydrocannabinol (THC) and making a false police report alleging two fellow artistes had spiked his drink
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Fazeedah Faik. – BERNAMA