2 Hours to Read Charges, IKRAM Member Faces 158 Corruption Charges Involving Over RM98 Million

SHAH ALAM: A member of the Ikram Malaysia Association, Hulu Selangor branch, was charged today with 158 corruption charges, which took approximately two hours to be read out at the Sessions Court here.

Fakhrudin Abd Karim, 57, pleaded not guilty to all charges of using his position for gratification amounting to RM98,270,315.20 between 2021 and 2025, which were read out before Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin.

Fakhrudin, who was wearing a brown jacket, appeared calm in the dock as two court interpreters took turns reading out all the charges over the two-hour period.

According to the first to 149th charges, the accused, who was appointed as an authorised signatory to the bank account belonging to IKRAM Hulu Selangor District, was alleged to have used his position to direct 149 transactions of the organisation’s funds amounting to RM81,950,000 to the account of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in which he was alleged to have an interest.

For the 150th to 158th charges, Fakhrudin was charged with the same offence by taking action to direct nine transactions of funds belonging to the same NGO into two bank accounts belonging to him, amounting to RM16,320,315.20.

All the offences were allegedly committed at the IKRAM Malaysia Hulu Selangor Branch Office in Bukit Beruntung between January 6, 2021 and August 6, 2025.

The charges were made under Section 23(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which is punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act, providing for a prison term not exceeding 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if convicted.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib proposed bail of RM1 million with two sureties, taking into account the amount of gratification, as well as additional conditions that the accused’s passport be surrendered to the court and that he be prohibited from interfering with prosecution witnesses.

Counsel representing the accused, Datuk N. Sivanathan, requested the court to consider bail of RM300,000 on the grounds that the accounts of the accused, his family, and his companies are currently frozen by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

“He has seven related companies, where employees have not been paid salaries for three months and company operations have also been affected. It is highly likely that employees will lose their jobs,” he said.

The court set bail at RM500,000 with two local sureties, the accused’s passport to be surrendered to the court, and he is not permitted to interfere with prosecution witnesses.

The next case mention has been set for August 7.

Previously, the media reported that two individuals from an NGO were remanded for a total of nine days to assist investigations into a case of misappropriation of public funds amounting to RM230 million.

In addition to 18 luxury vehicles, the MACC seized houses and properties worth approximately RM11 million, as well as various other movable assets including cash and branded watches.

Through Ops Sutera, 33 bank accounts totalling approximately RM120 million were also frozen.

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