KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption trial of Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, who was the political secretary to former home minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, will begin on Aug 25 at the Sessions Court here.
Judge Rosli Ahmad confirmed the trial dates from Aug 25 to 28 and instructed the defence to submit the statement of defence to the prosecution by Aug 22.
During proceedings on Friday (Aug 8), deputy public prosecutor Hazel Tan Jia Qi informed the court that the prosecution had submitted the witness statements on July 31.
Counsel Md Yunos Shariff, representing Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, said the defence would submit its statement under Section 62 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 before the trial begins.
The prosecution is expected to call 20 witnesses
On May 23, Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, 43, was charged with accepting a bribe of RM350,000 from Nexuscorp Group managing director Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof.
The money was allegedly in exchange for helping the company secure a maintenance and supply tender for infrastructure equipment, servers, software and radios for the Royal Malaysian Police RMPNet system, worth RM381.1mil.
The offence was allegedly committed at Solaris Dutamas on Dec 4 and 16, 2020.
On May 24, he was charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court with another count of soliciting a bribe of RM350,000 from the same individual for the same purpose at the Nexuscorp office in Section 7, Shah Alam, in early December 2020.
All charges are framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009, punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act, which provides for a maximum imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
The Shah Alam case has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur for the cases to be heard together. – Bernama
