A former political secretary to former home minister Hamzah Zainudin has been charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today with receiving an RM350,000 bribe.

Sayed Amir Muzzakkir Al Sayed Mohamad claimed trial to two charges of receiving the cash as an inducement to help a company secure a contract worth over RM381 million for equipment maintenance for the police.

He was alleged to have...