KUALA LUMPUR: Actress Puteri Sarah has filed for divorce from Syamsul Yusof, almost nine years after marrying the film director.
Puteri Sarah, 38, whose full name is Puteri Sarah Liyana Megat Kamaruddin, filed the application at the Syariah Court registration counter here yesterday.
Calling it quits: Puteri Sarah intends to divorce her husband Syamsul (pic, below) on the grounds that there is no more understanding and prolonged shiqaq between them.
She named Syamsul, whose real name is Mohd Shamsul Md Yusof, 39, as the defendant.
Syarie lawyer Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader, who is representing Puteri Sarah, told reporters that the case has been set for mention before Syarie Judge Akmalludin Ilyas on March 7, Bernama reported.
In the application, filed through the legal firm of Akberdin & Co, Puteri Sarah said she intended to divorce her husband on the grounds that there was no more understanding and prolonged shiqaq (disagreement) between them and that they could no longer live together as husband and wife according to Syariah law.
Puteri Sarah also stated that she and her children no longer live with Syamsul either at her in-laws’ house or at their matrimonial home in Taman Melawati.
“This is due to pressure or interference caused by a third party or the defendant’s affair that he has not returned to the matrimonial home for a long time.
“I believe that since there is no understanding between us, and if prolonged, may cause harm to us, especially myself, my emotions and the children.
“Therefore, I am asking the court to approve this divorce application,” she added.
The couple were married on March 8, 2014.
Puteri Sarah and Syamsul have two children, Shaikul Islam, six, and Sumayyah, four.
Meanwhile, Akberdin said he would start contempt of court proceedings against Ira Kazar, whose real name is Faghira Fatini, her veteran actor father Kazaruddin Saisi and sister for allegedly violating an order issued by a Sessions Court here in the suit filed by Puteri Sarah.
Puteri Sarah filed the suit in June last year after she was allegedly been at the receiving end of a barrage of harassment and threats from the 27-year-old via social media.
Following that, the court granted her an injunction, among other things, to prevent Ira from approaching and harassing her, her husband and her family.
On Jan 6, Syamsul has in a video shared through Instagram admitted that he had married Ira in Thailand.
