{
  "id": 12601620,
  "title": "Hamzah ex aide's trial: Witness insists office existed for alleged money handover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/hamzah-ex-aides-trial-witness-insists-office-existed-for-alleged",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:11:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1549853/hamzah-ex-aides-trial-witness-insists-office-existed-alleged-money"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A prosecution witness in the corruption trial of former political secretary Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin testified that the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Publika, Malaysia where RM350,000 in alleged commission payments were allegedly handed over, did exist. NSB managing director Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, 51, testified during cross-examination by counsel Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, representing Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, that the handover of RM100,000 on December 4, 2020 and RM250,000 on December 16, 2020 to Sayed Amir did take place. He stated that Sayed Amir asked him to pay RM350,000 as part of a five percent commission after helping NSB secure a police project tender. Wan Azhar claimed he and Sayed Amir were the only ones present during the handovers on Dec 4, 2020 and Dec 16, 2020.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: A prosecution witness in the corruption trial of a former political secretary to former Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin today maintained that the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Publika, where RM350,000 in alleged commission payments were handed over, did exist.",
  "key_points": [
    "Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Publika existed for alleged money handover",
    "RM350,000 and RM250,000 handed over on Dec 4, 2020 and Dec 16, 2020",
    "NSB managing director Wan Azhar testified office existed during handovers"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Defence says office where Hamzah’s ex-aide allegedly received RM350,000 vacant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/defence-says-office-where-hamzahs-ex-aide-allegedly-received-rm350",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:58:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Witness insists Publika office existed in Hamzah Zainudin aide’s RM350,000 corruption trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/witness-insists-publika-office-existed-in-hamzah-zainudin-aides-rm350",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:34:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}