Witness insists Publika office existed in Hamzah Zainudin aide’s RM350,000 corruption trial

A witness confirmed the existence of Yayasan Tanah Aku's office in Publika, the alleged location for handover of RM350,000, despite claims it did not exist.

Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof testified he paid RM350,000 to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir as commission for securing a tender, with payments made in December 2020.

Sayed Amir Muzzakkir is charged with receiving and soliciting RM350,000 in gratification, with trial continuing under the MACC Act 2009.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — A witness in the corruption trial involving a former political secretary to former home minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin today maintained that the office of Yayasan Tanah Aku in Publika, the alleged location for the handover of RM350,000 in commission to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, did exist.

Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, 51, managing director of Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB), said this during cross-examination by counsel Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, appearing for Sayed Amir Muzzakkir.

Yaacob: I put it to you that the handover of RM100,000 on December 4, 2020 and RM250,000 on December 16, 2020 to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir did not take place, because the said office did not exist.

Wan Azhar: I disagree.

In his witness statement, Wan Azhar stated that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir asked him to pay RM350,000 in cash as part of a five per cent commission, after assisting NSB secure a Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) project tender.

“I handed over RM100,000 in a paper bag to Sayed around 4pm on December 4, 2020, and RM250,000, also in a paper bag, at 3.30pm on December 16, 2020. On both occasions, only Sayed and I were present,” he said in his witness statement.

The 17th prosecution witness said he had accompanied a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer to Publika to identify the said location, and found the unit in question to be closed, with no signage indicating that it was the office of Yayasan Tanah Aku.

Wan Azhar, however, disagreed with Yaacob’s suggestion that both units were vacant and unoccupied on the said dates.

Yaacob: The owner of the premises gave evidence that, prior to the signing of the tenancy agreement, both units had been occupied by a law firm. That firm vacated the premises at the end of 2019. We therefore put it to you that from the end of 2019 until January 1, 2021, no office occupied either unit. Do you agree?

Wan Azhar: I went to the location only twice, on December 4 and 16, 2020. I therefore know only that it was in operation on those two dates. On other days, I cannot be certain whether it was in operation or vacant.

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 RMPNet tender for PDRM valued at RM381,112,042.44.

The offences allegedly occurred 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 brought 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 tomorrow. — Bernama

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一名证人证实了 Yayasan Tanah Aku 的办公室确实位于 Publika，据称 350,000 令吉的交接地点就在那里，尽管有人声称该办公室并不存在。

Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof 作证说，他向 Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 支付了 350,000 令吉作为佣金，以获得一份投标合同，款项于 2020 年 12 月支付。

Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 被控收受和索取 35 万令吉的贿赂，审判将根据 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会法令继续进行。

吉隆坡，10 月 7 日讯——在涉及前内政部长拿督斯里哈姆扎·扎因丁的前政治秘书的贪污案审判中，一名证人今天坚称，位于 Publika 的 Yayasan Tanah Aku 办公室确实存在，该办公室被指控是向赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔·赛义德·穆罕默德移交 35 万令吉佣金的地点。

51 岁的 Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) 董事总经理 Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof 在赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔 (Sayed Amir Muzzakkir) 的出庭律师 Datuk Yaacob Md Sam 盘问时如此表示。

雅各布：我认为，2020 年 12 月 4 日向赛义德·阿米尔·穆扎基尔交付的 10 万令吉和 2020 年 12 月 16 日交付的 25 万令吉并没有发生，因为该办公室根本不存在。

万阿扎尔：我不同意。

Wan Azhar 在证词中表示，Sayed Amir Muzzakkir 要求他支付 35 万令吉现金，作为 5% 的佣金，此前他曾协助 NSB 获得马来西亚皇家警察 (PDRM) 的一个项目招标。

“2020年12月4日下午4点左右，我用纸袋将10万令吉交给了赛义德；2020年12月16日下午3点30分，我又用纸袋将25万令吉交给了他。两次交接时，只有我和赛义德在场。”他在证词中说道。

第 17 位控方证人表示，他曾陪同马来西亚反贪污委员会 (MACC) 的一名官员前往 Publika 购物中心辨认该地点，发现涉事单位已关闭，且没有任何标志表明它是 Yayasan Tanah Aku 的办公室。

然而，万阿扎尔不同意雅各布的说法，即上述日期这两个单元都是空置的，无人居住。

雅各布：房屋所有者提供的证据表明，在签订租赁协议之前，这两个单元都由一家律师事务所占用。该律师事务所于2019年底搬离。因此，我们向您提出，从2019年底到2021年1月1日，这两个单元均无任何办公场所占用。您是否同意？

万阿扎尔：我只去过那里两次，分别是2020年12月4日和16日。因此，我只知道那两天它在营业。其他日子，我无法确定它是在营业还是空置。

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 RMPNet 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 分发生在位于 Solaris Dutamas 的 Yayasan Tanah Aku 办公室。

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。

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