KUALA LUMPUR: A prosecution witness in the corruption trial of a former political secretary to former Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin today maintained that the Yayasan Tanah Aku office in Publika, where RM350,000 in alleged commission payments were handed over, did exist.
Nexuscorpgroup Sdn Bhd (NSB) managing director Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, 51, said this during cross-examination by counsel Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, who is representing Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad.
Yaacob: I put it to you that the handover of RM100,000 on Dec 4, 2020 and RM250,000 on Dec 16, 2020 to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir did not take place, because the said office did not exist.
Wan Azhar: I disagree.
In his witness statement, Wan Azhar stated that Sayed Amir asked him to pay RM350,000 in cash as part of a five per cent commission, after assisting NSB secure a police project tender.
