THE Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur heard yesterday that Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, former political secretary to ex-Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, allegedly demanded a RM19 million payment from Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) following the company’s successful bid for a Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) maintenance and spare parts tender.
NSB’s chief operating officer, Azman Kamaruddin, 45, testified that the company’s managing director, Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, told him the accused had requested a five per cent cut from a RM381 million RMPNet tender.
The project involved pre-qualification, maintenance, and supply of spare parts for PDRM’s infrastructure equipment, servers, software, and radio consumer systems.
“Wan Azhar told me the five per cent payment to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir was due because NSB had won the tender. I was not told how or through which company it would be made,” Azman stated during the trial.
He further explained that Wan Azhar initially described the payment as a lump sum of roughly RM19 million, demanded three to four months after the Letter of Acceptance.
“But Wan Azhar refused to pay it all at once, saying NSB lacked the funds. He instead proposed paying in stages,” the witness added.
Azman said he was aware that Wan Azhar had met Sayed Amir Muzzakkir in early 2021, but he did not know the frequency or purpose of the meetings as he was not present.
“I believe Sayed Amir Muzzakkir helped NSB win the tender because he was the Home Minister’s political secretary, so Wan Azhar had to pay him. Wan Azhar only told me payments had been made. I don’t know the amounts.
“I confirm that only Wan Azhar signed cheques or approved online transfers to him. I was never involved in the five per cent payment,” he said.
As project director, Azman was responsible for preparing the RMPNet tender documents, overseeing quotations and claims, and ensuring smooth field operations.
Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, 43, was charged on May 23, 2024, with two counts of accepting RM350,000 in bribes from Wan Azhar, allegedly as a reward for helping secure the RM381.1 million PDRM tender.
The offences are said to have occurred at the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Solaris Dutamas on December 4 and 16, 2020.
He also faces a third charge for soliciting RM350,000 from Wan Azhar for the same purpose at the Nexuscorp office in Shah Alam in early December 2020.
The charges were brought under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, punishable under Section 24(1) with a maximum of 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of at least five times the bribe value or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
The trial before Sessions Court Judge Rosli Ahmad resumes today, with the prosecution led by deputy public prosecutors Hazel Tan Jia Qi, Fatin Farhana Ismail, and Atirah Mohd Azuarizanuddin. The accused is represented by lawyers Md Yunos Shariff and Asmadi Hussin. - January 13, 2026
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