Witness tells court he handed RM350,000 in cash to Hamzah Zainudin’s former aide over PDRM tender

A witness testified in court that he gave RM350,000 in cash to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, a former political secretary, in December 2020.

The money was part of a five per cent commission to help a company secure a police project tender worth RM381.11 million.

Sayed Amir faces charges for soliciting and receiving RM350,000 in gratification, with proceedings set to continue on November 11.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — A witness told the Sessions Court here today that he met Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, who is the former political secretary to former Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, to hand over RM350,000 in cash at the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Publika in 2020.

Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, 51, said he handed over RM100,000 to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir at about 4pm on December 4, 2020, and RM250,000 at 3.30pm on December 16, 2020.

The 17th prosecution witness said this when re-examined by Deputy Public Prosecutor Hazel Tan Jia Qi at the trial of Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, who is facing three corruption charges involving RM350,000 in connection with a Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) project tender.

“I handed over RM100,000 in a paper bag to Sayed... and RM250,000, also in a paper bag, was handed over on December 16, 2020. During those handovers, it was just the two of us,” he said.

Wan Azhar also confirmed that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir had asked him, “Can you pay 350k? I need the money, in cash”.

He said the RM350,000 was part of a five per cent commission for assistance rendered to Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) in securing a PDRM project tender worth RM381.11 million.

Wan Azhar also said he referred to the five per cent as a commission rather than an “advisory fee”, based on a conversation between him and Al Khairi Group Bhd managing director Datuk Seri Mohd Khairi Mat Jahya before the “Project Advisory Agreement” between MKM Solutions Sdn Bhd and NSB was executed.

In his earlier witness statement, Wan Azhar confirmed that the agreement was drawn up to formalise a five per cent commission arrangement based on the project value, as requested by Sayed Amir Muzzakkir and Mohd Khairi.

On Sept 29, Wan Azhar denied a defence lawyer’s allegation that he had changed the term “advisory fee” in the “Project Advisory Agreement” to “commission” in his witness statement to link the case involving Sayed Amir Muzzakkir to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.

On May 23, 2024, Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, 44, was charged on two counts of receiving RM350,000 in gratification from Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof as inducement for assisting NSB secure the tender for PDRM valued at RM381,112,042.44.

The offences were allegedly committed at the office of Yayasan Tanah Aku, Solaris Dutamas, here, at 4pm on December 4, 2020 and at 3.30pm on December 16, 2020, respectively.

Sayed Amir Muzzakkir was also charged with soliciting RM350,000 in gratification from the same individual, for a similar purpose, at the Shah Alam office of NSB in early December 2020.

The charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the value of the gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

The trial before Judge Rosli Ahmad resumes on November 11. — Bernama

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一名证人在法庭上作证说，他在 2020 年 12 月向前政治秘书 Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 支付了 35 万令吉现金。

这笔钱是支付给一家公司的 5% 佣金的一部分，用于帮助该公司获得价值 3.8111 亿令吉的警察项目招标。

Sayed Amir 因索取和收受 35 万令吉贿赂而面临指控，庭审将于 11 月 11 日继续进行。

吉隆坡，10 月 8 日讯——一名证人今天在吉隆坡地方法庭作证称，他于 2020 年在 Publika 购物中心的 Yayasan Tanah Aku 办公室与前内政部长拿督斯里韩沙再努丁的前政治秘书赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔·阿尔·赛义德·穆罕默德会面，并向其交付了 35 万令吉现金。

51岁的Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof表示，他于2020年12月4日下午4点左右向Sayed Amir Muzzakkir交付了10万令吉，并于2020年12月16日下午3点30分交付了25万令吉。

在赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔 (Sayed Amir Muzzakkir) 的审判中，第 17 位控方证人在副检察官陈嘉琪 (Hazel Tan Jia Qi) 的重新询问下说了这番话。赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔面临三项贪污指控，涉及 35 万令吉，与马来西亚皇家警察 (PDRM) 的一个项目招标有关。

“我用纸袋把10万令吉交给了赛义德……2020年12月16日，我又用纸袋把25万令吉交给了他。当时只有我们两个人，”他说。

万·阿兹哈尔也证实，赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔曾问他：“你能付35万吗？我需要这笔钱，现金。”

他表示，这 35 万令吉是 Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) 协助获得价值 3.8111 亿令吉的马来西亚皇家警察项目招标所获得的 5% 佣金的一部分。

Wan Azhar 还表示，他之所以将 5% 称为佣金而不是“咨询费”，是基于他与 Al Khairi Group Bhd 董事总经理 Datuk Seri Mohd Khairi Mat Jahya 在 MKM Solutions Sdn Bhd 和 NSB 签署“项目咨询协议”之前的一次谈话。

在之前的证人证词中，Wan Azhar 证实，该协议的制定是为了正式确定根据项目价值支付 5% 佣金的安排，这是 Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 和 Mohd Khairi 的要求。

9 月 29 日，万阿兹哈否认了辩护律师的指控，即他在证人陈述中将“项目咨询协议”中的“咨询费”改为“佣金”，目的是将赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔的案件与 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会 (MACC) 法令联系起来。

2024 年 5 月 23 日，44 岁的 Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 被控两项罪名，即从 Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof 处收受 35 万令吉的贿赂，以协助 NSB 获得价值 381,112,042.44 令吉的 PDRM 招标。

据称，这些罪行分别于 2020 年 12 月 4 日下午 4 点和 2020 年 12 月 16 日下午 3 点 30 分在位于 Solaris Dutamas 的 Yayasan Tanah Aku 办公室发生。

Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 还被指控于 2020 年 12 月初在 NSB 沙阿南办事处以类似目的向同一人索取 35 万令吉的贿赂。

这些指控是根据 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会法令第 16(a)(A) 条提出的，该条规定，一旦罪名成立，最高可判处 20 年监禁，并处以不少于受贿金额五倍或 10,000 令吉的罚款，以较高者为准。

罗斯里·艾哈迈德法官将于 11 月 11 日恢复审理。 — Bernama

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