Ikram member hit with 158 corruption charges over RM98.27m in organisation funds
Farah Solhi
Published: Jun 16, 2026 2:36 PM
Updated: 5:30 PM
A member of Ikram Malaysia was charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court today with 158 counts of abusing his position for gratification involving RM98.27 million of the organisation’s funds.
Fakhrudin Abd Karim, 56, faces 149 charges of abuse of power as an officer of a public body and authorised signatory to Hulu Selangor Ikram’s bank account.
He is accused of directing RM81.95 million to be transferred to a company, Ehsan Solution Care, which is allegedly linked to him.
He also faces nine additional charges of committing the same offence by directing RM16.32 million to be transferred into two of his personal bank accounts.
Ikram, an Islamic NGO established in 2009, is involved in education, welfare, humanitarian aid, and community development programmes across the country.
The offences allegedly took place through 158 transactions at Hulu Selangor Ikram’s office at Adenium Business Centre in Bukit Beruntung, Rawang, between Jan 6, 2021 and Aug 6, 2025.
The transactions involved amounts ranging from RM100,000 to RM10 million.
All charges were framed under Section 23(1) of the MACC Act 2009, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of gratification or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Clad in a brown jacket, Fakhrudin stood steadily as the charges were read alternately by two court interpreters before judge Nasir Nordin. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Bail fixed at RM500k with conditions
MACC senior deputy director of the legal and prosecution division Ahmad Akram Gharib informed the court that the offences were non-bailable, but said the prosecution would not object should the court exercise its discretion to grant bail.
He proposed bail of RM1 million with two sureties, along with additional conditions that Fakhrudin surrender his passport and refrain from interfering with prosecution witnesses.
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Defence counsel N Sivananthan appealed for bail to be reduced to RM300,000, saying his client had no objection to the other conditions.
Sivananthan also told the court that MACC had frozen Fakhrudin’s bank accounts, as well as those belonging to his family members, since April. He added that the accused is a father of 10.
The court granted bail at RM500,000 with two sureties, ordered Fakhrudin to surrender his passport, and barred him from interfering with witnesses.
The court fixed Aug 7 for case management.
Lawyer Ashwida Abd Samad, who held a watching brief for Ikram, told reporters that Fakhrudin has been suspended and barred from participating in the organisation’s decision-making processes.
Yesterday, Free Malaysia Today quoted MACC chief commissioner Abdul Halim Aman as saying an individual would face 158 charges at the Shah Alam Sessions Court, with additional money laundering charges to be brought at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court next week.
He said MACC’s Op Sutra investigation, which centred on allegations of misappropriation of public funds, found that the person leading the organisation was believed to have siphoned off hundreds of millions of ringgit through a network of companies.
Defence counsel N Sivananthan appealed for bail to be reduced to RM300,000, saying his client had no objection to the other conditions.
Sivananthan also told the court that MACC had frozen Fakhrudin’s bank accounts, as well as those belonging to his family members, since April. He added that the accused is a father of 10.
The court granted bail at RM500,000 with two sureties, ordered Fakhrudin to surrender his passport, and barred him from interfering with witnesses.
The court fixed Aug 7 for case management.
Lawyer Ashwida Abd Samad, who held a watching brief for Ikram, told reporters that Fakhrudin has been suspended and barred from participating in the organisation’s decision-making processes.
Yesterday, Free Malaysia Today quoted MACC chief commissioner Abdul Halim Aman as saying an individual would face 158 charges at the Shah Alam Sessions Court, with additional money laundering charges to be brought at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court next week.
He said MACC’s Op Sutra investigation, which centred on allegations of misappropriation of public funds, found that the person leading the organisation was believed to have siphoned off hundreds of millions of ringgit through a network of companies.
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I wonder if the accused Fakhrudin Abd Karim could be a 'Chinese' (in disguise?) - In a Straits Time report (29 August 2022), Abdul Hadi had claimed that the root of corruption in Malaysia was the influence non-Malays wielded over the economy and politics. "These groups who chase illicit gains... damage our politics as they are the roots for corruption and the majority of them are non-Muslims and non-Bumiputras."
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