KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — The prosecution in the corruption case of a former political secretary to ex-home minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin closed its case today after calling 18 witnesses.
Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, 44, faces three corruption charges involving RM350,000 in cash linked to a tender for maintenance services and the supply of spare parts for police equipment for the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM).
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Hazel Tan Jia Qi informed Sessions Court Judge Rosli Ahmad that the prosecution had closed its case after the 18th prosecution witness, Asst Commissioner Mohd Kamal Abdul Khamis, 52, of the Special Operations Division, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters, completed his testimony.
"We are offering four witnesses to the defence," she said.
Judge Rosli then directed both parties to file written submissions by December 23, with replies by January 6, 2027 and oral submissions on January 8, before a date for the decision is set.
Lawyers Datuk Yaacob Md Samdan and Md Yunos Shariff represented Sayed.
The trial began on August 25, 2025, with witnesses including Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) managing director Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, MKM Ticketing Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd director Nik Shazni Farhan Nik Mohammad Shah, and Al Khairi Group Berhad managing director Datuk Seri Mohd Khairi Mat Jahya.
On May 23, 2024, Sayed was charged with two counts of receiving RM350,000 in bribes from Wan Azhar as inducement to help NSB secure the RM381,112,042.44 tender, at the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Solaris Dutamas at 4pm on December 4, 2020 and at 3.30pm on December 16, 2020, respectively.
He was also charged with soliciting RM350,000 from the same individual for the same purpose at the NSB office in Shah Alam in early December 2020.
The charges are framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009, which provides for a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Earlier, Kamal, the investigating officer, told the court that Sayed had demanded RM350,000 from Azhar by telephone after helping the company secure the PDRM project tender.
"Wan Azhar stated in his recorded conversation that he could not pay the amount in one lump sum, and instead made payments in stages through two separate cash handovers on Dec 4 and 16, 2020," he said while reading his witness statement.
DPP Tan then asked whether he had investigated the number of phone calls Azhar made to Sayed.
Kamal replied: "I did carry out an investigation, but the telecommunications company could not provide call records because the matter dates back some time and they no longer keep the records."
However, he disagreed with the defence's suggestion that Sayed had never demanded the RM350,000.
On October 8, Azhar, the 17th prosecution witness, confirmed in his witness statement that he had met Sayed in 2020 to hand over RM350,000 in cash.
