A witness told the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on October 8 that he handed RM350,000 in cash to Sayed Amir Muzzakkir, a former aide of Hamzah Zainudin. The payment, according to the testimony, was connected to a tender involving the Royal Malaysia Police. The size of the sum and the fact that it moved in physical cash stood out as the sharpest details of the day's hearing. Hamzah Zainudin, a former home minister and a leading opposition politician, is linked to the matter through his one-time staff member. Graft cases like this one generally turn on tracing money and establishing who arranged each payment, which is what witness accounts are meant to show. The defence will have its chance to test that account when cross-examination comes around. More witnesses are expected to be called as the hearings resume.