Kuala lumpur: The Sessions Court heard from a witness today that he was frequently pressured by Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, who was political secretary to a former Home Minister, to hand over a portion of the RM19 million consultancy fees he received from a Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) project.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, the consultancy fees related to a PDRM tender for the Maintenance and Supply of Spare Parts for Infrastructure Equipment, Servers, Software and RMPNet System Radio Users. The 15th prosecution witness, Al Khairi Group Berhad managing director Datuk Seri Mohd Khairi Mat Jahya, 43, said Sayed Amir Muzzakkir claimed that he had introduced him to the owner of Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd, known as Wan Azhar, and had also arranged a meeting with the then Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.
Mohd Khairi testified that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir asserted he had facilitated Nexuscorpgroup's securing of the RMPNet project. He recounted that on April 28, 2020, Sayed Amir Muzzakkir arranged a meeting between him and Hamzah, during which he obtained the minister's notation of "Datuk KSU for consideration" on Nexuscorpgroup's supporting letter.
The witness mentioned that he only learned the contract's total value was RM359,539,662.50 (excluding SST) after Nexuscorpgroup received the Letter of Acceptance for the RMPNet project, which brought his consultancy fee to approximately RM19 million. Mohd Khairi said after the project was awarded, Sayed Amir Muzzakkir began demanding a portion of the fees, amounting to about RM9 million.
Mohd Khairi further disclosed that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir threatened to block him from meeting the minister if his demand was not met, warning: "I will block you from meeting the minister if you do not agree to give me my share." The witness added that roughly two months before Sayed Amir Muzzakkir was removed from his post, Hamzah personally contacted him to flag his former aide's alleged misconduct.
On May 23, 2024, Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, 43, was charged with two counts of accepting RM350,000 in bribes from Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof as an inducement for helping Nexuscorpgroup secure the RMPNet tender for PDRM, valued at RM381,112,042.44 (including SST). The offences allegedly took place at the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Solaris Dutamas here, on Dec 4 and 16, 2020.
Sayed Amir Muzzakkir was also charged with soliciting a RM350,000 bribe from the same individual for the same purpose at Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd's office in Shah Alam in early December 2020. The charges were brought under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which provides for a maximum prison sentence 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 trial before Judge Rosli Ahmad resumes tomorrow.