Appeals court strikes out bid to review Farid Kamil's jail sentence substitution
The Court of Appeal today struck out the prosecution’s appeal against a High Court decision in substituting a 13-month jail sentence imposed on actor cum director Farid Kamil Zahari for using criminal force against a police officer with a fine of RM5,000.
The prosecution filed the appeal in a bid to reinstate the custodial sentence meted out on Farid Kamil by the Petaling Jaya Magistrate's Court.
Deputy public prosecutor Eyu Ghim Siang, appearing for the prosecution, also applied for...
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