Policeman denies fabricating report against actor Farid Kamil

Policeman denies fabricating report against actor Farid Kamil

He also admits he didn't mention the harsh words Farid directed at him in his police report.

Actor-director Farid Kamil Zahari has been charged with using criminal force and misbehaving at the Kota Damansara traffic police station on Jan 11. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA:
A policeman today denied that his statement in a police report alleging actor-director Farid Kamil Zahari had hurled abusive words against him and slapped him was made up.

Constable Muhammad Nizam Jamaluddin, 24, admitted certain words Farid allegedly used against him were not included in his original police report.

Nizam, who was the second prosecution witness, said this during a cross-examination by Megat Syazlee Mokhtarom, the lawyer defending Farid, who is facing four criminal charges in the Magistrate’s Court here.

Referring to a police report lodged by Nizam, who at the time of the incident was on duty at the Kota Damansara traffic police station, Megat Syazlee said there was no mention in the report stating Farid had shouted “The police are bad, the police are stupid” and “Do you know who I am?”

Nizam agreed with the lawyer’s suggestion that no subsequent report had been filed by him to add these alleged words.

Nizam disagreed with the lawyer’s suggestion that the two statements were only made up by him in court today.

When re-examined by deputy public prosecutor Alia Sumayyah Amran, Nizam said he did not make any additional report on the abusive language used as he felt there was no need for him to do so.

He said at the time of the incident, Farid was the only one acting aggressively and screaming in the police station.

Nizam also agreed that there was no physical evidence to show he had been slapped by Farid as there was no closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera at the traffic police station and the photographs taken of him did not show any bruise on his left cheek.

On Jan 16, Farid pleaded not guilty to four charges, namely two counts of causing hurt, as well as for using criminal force and misbehaving at the police station at 1pm on Jan 11.

The trial before Magistrate Nor Ariffin Hisham continues on Jan 14, 2019.

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