A three-member panel comprising judges Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Ghazali Cha allowed the postponement sought by Farid’s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, today.
Hisyam told the court he was currently involved in the former deputy prime minister’s corruption trial relating to the Foreign Visa System (VLN) contract at the Shah Alam High Court.
Deputy public prosecutor Eyu Ghim Siang did not object to the postponement application.
Karim then set Monday for case management.
Apart from the appeal against the conviction and nine-month jail term for the drug-related-case, the appellate court was supposed to hear the prosecution’s appeal against a High Court decision to substitute the 13-month jail term imposed on Farid with a fine of RM5,000 for using criminal force on a policeman.
The prosecution had also applied for time to be extended to file the notice of appeal for the criminal force case.
Farid, 40, was sentenced to nine months jail and ordered to be placed on two years supervision under the National Anti-Drugs Agency by the Petaling Jaya magistrates’ court on May 15, 2019. The Shah Alam High Court dismissed the appeal in November 2019.
On June 2, 2020, the Petaling Jaya magistrates’ court sentenced Farid to 13 months’ jail for using criminal force against Constable Muhammad Nizam Jamaluddin at the Kota Damansara traffic police station inquiry counter at 1.20pm on Jan 11, 2018.
He was also sentenced to four months jail by the magistrates’ court for uttering improper words against the policeman.
Farid was ordered to serve the sentences concurrently.
However, following the actor’s appeal, the Shah Alam High Court substituted the 13-month jail term with a fine of RM5,000 while the four-month jail sentence for uttering improper words was replaced with a fine of RM500.
On Jan 5, Farid failed to obtain leave to appeal against his conviction and the fines for using criminal force and uttering improper words against the policeman.
The prosecution, meanwhile, is cross-appealing the High Court’s decision to substitute the 13-month jail term with the fine.
However, the prosecution could not proceed with its appeal at the Court of Appeal against the High Court’s decision, which substituted the four-month jail term with a fine of RM500 for the offence of uttering improper words because it had failed to get time extended to file its petition.
Farid was also represented by Kee Wei Lon.