‘Religious influencer’ pleads not guilty to CBT charges amounting to over RM13.8mil

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A 40-year-old "religious influencer" and preacher, Abdullah Abdol Razak, claimed trial at the Seremban Sessions Court on Wednesday (Aug 26) to 34 criminal breach of trust charges involving over RM13.8 million belonging to an NGO, plus 17 money laundering charges worth RM1.55 million.   He was chairman of Pertubuhan Rezeki Infaq Malaysia when the alleged offences occurred.   The NGO's secretary, Noor Sahira Abdullah, was separately charged with abetting him.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yd7ym2hc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:01A self-styled religious influencer claimed trial at the Seremban Sessions Court on Wednesday

00:07to 34 charges of criminal breach of trust involving more than 13.8 million ringgit

00:13belonging to a non-governmental organization.

00:1640-year-old Abdullah Abdul Razak also pleaded not guilty to 17 money laundering charges

00:21amounting to 1.55 million ringgit.

00:25Abdullah, who is also an independent preacher, was chairman of Pertubuhan Rezeqi in Fak Malaysia

00:30at the time of the alleged offences.

00:33He's accused of committing the CBT offences at a bank in Serembandua between February 2023 and March 2026

00:41and the money laundering offences between May 2024 and February 2026.

00:46For the CBT charges, he faces a jail term of between 2 and 20 years, a fine and whipping upon

00:53conviction.

00:54As for money laundering, he faces up to 15 years jail and a fine of at least 5 times the

01:00illegal proceeds

01:01or 5 million ringgit, whichever is higher, if found guilty.

01:05Meanwhile, the NGO's secretary, 30-year-old Noor Sahira Abdullah, was separately charged with abetting Abdullah

01:12in the CBT offences.

01:14She claimed trial to all charges against her.

01:17The prosecution proposed 1 million ringgit bail with 2 sureties for Abdullah, non-bailable

01:23given the nature of the charges.

01:25But after defence submissions, Judge Kunasundari Maramuthu fixed bail at 700,000 ringgit with

01:31300,000 ringgit unsecured and 2 sureties.

01:35The court also ordered Abdullah not to tamper with witnesses and to surrender his passport.

01:40For Noor Sahira, the prosecution proposed 250,000 ringgit bail with 2 sureties.

01:47Citing her monthly income of 3,000 ringgit and a 5-month-old baby to care for, her defence

01:52pushed for a lower amount.

01:54The judge set her bail at 200,000 ringgit with 2 sureties.

01:58Both cases have been fixed for mention on September 28.

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