KDA FC defender Rizal fails in bid to get charges dropped, trial set for July 1

Rizal Ghazali (left) arriving at the Petaling Jaya Magistrate's Court on Monday (April 1). - Photo courtesy of Sinar Harian

PETALING JAYA: The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) turned down the representation submitted by Kedah Darul Aman FC (KDA FC) defender Rizal Ghazali to drop two charges of beating his girlfriend and damaging her mobile phone in a hotel room last year.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Maryam Jamilah Md Kamal announced this during the mention of the case for the decision of the representation of Rizal, whose full name is Mohd Rizal Mohd Ghazali, 32, before Magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah.