KUALA LUMPUR: The former political secretary to opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin will be charged again at the Shah Alam Court tomorrow.
Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad, 42, will be charged with soliciting bribes worth RM350,000 from Wan Azhar Mohamed Yusof, the managing director of Syarikat Nexuscorp Group Sdn Bhd four years ago.
The offence is framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
The offence, punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act, carries the maximum jail term of 20 year and fine not less than five times the amount of gratification or RM10,000; whichever higher.
Deputy public prosecutor Zander Lim Wai Keong confirmed this.
Earlier, Sayed Amir pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court today to two counts of accepting RM100,000 and RM250,000 as inducement to assist Nexuscorp Group obtain a tender.
The tender is the police force's RMPNET maintenance services and spare parts supplies for infrastructure tools, server, software and users radio system worth RM381,112,042.44.
He had allegedly committed the offences on Dec 4 and Dec 16, 2020 at the office of Yayasan Tanah Aku in Solaris Dutamas.