Company MD says he handed Hamzah Zainudin’s former aide RM350,000 cash in paper bags after firm won police tender
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — A witness told the Sessions Court today that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad asked hi...
In a corruption trial, a witness recounted that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir asked for RM350,000 in cash as part of a five percent commission after Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd secured a Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) project tender. Managing Director Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, 51, said the request came from the former political secretary of former Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, whom Wan Azhar had worked for in 2009.
Wan Azhar stated that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir contacted him in December 2020, expressing a need for cash before proposing two instalments. The prosecution witness confirmed that he prepared payment vouchers for RM100,000 and RM250,000 on December 4 and December 8, 2020, respectively. On December 4, 2020, Wan Azhar handed over RM100,000 in cash to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, and on December 16, 2020, he handed over RM250,000 in cash. Both payments were made in paper bags at Yayasan Tanah Aku in Publika.
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