02/09/2024
Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, 42, was charged with three charges of accepting cash bribes amounting to RM700,000 from the Managing Director of Syarikat Nexuscorp Group Sdn Bhd, Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof.
KUALA LUMPUR: The former Political Secretary to the former Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin told the Sessions Court here on Monday that the defense will present a representation to review the three charges of accepting a bribe of RM700,000 that he is facing.
It involves an alleged corruption case related to the maintenance service tender and the supply of spare parts for the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM).
During the mention of the case before the Judge, Rosli Ahmad, lawyer Md Yunos Shariff who represented Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad said that the representation will be sent to the Attorney General's Department (AGC) this month.
He requested that the court set a date for case management to submit representations to review all the charges.
The court then decided next October 18 for the next case proceedings.
Meanwhile, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Fatin Farhana Ismail said, the prosecution has submitted documents related to the case to the defense, via email.
"We will call 20 prosecution witnesses to testify, so the prosecution will request the court to set a date for the trial of the case," he said.
The court scheduled the hearing of the case to last for 12 days next year, from May 5 to 8, May 26 to 29 and June 23 to 26.
Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, 42, was charged with three charges of accepting cash bribes amounting to RM700,000 from the Managing Director of Syarikat Nexuscorp Group Sdn Bhd, Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof.
It is alleged that it was a fee to help the company obtain a tender for Maintenance Services and the Supply of Spare Parts for Infrastructure Equipment, Servers, Software and User Radios of the RMPNet System for PDRM worth RM381,112,042.44.
The offense was allegedly committed at the Yayasan Tanah Aku, Solaris Dutamas office here, and at the Nexuscorp Group Sdn Bhd office in Seksyen 7 Industrial Estate, Shah Alam, Selangor at 4pm early December and 3.30pm, 16 December 2020.
The charge is made in accordance with Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 and can be punished under Section 24(1) of the same act, which provides for a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe, or RM10,000 whichever is higher, if convicted.