Chegubard to expose alleged mismanagement at northern zakat centre today

SHAH ALAM – Political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, is set to reveal alleged mismanagement involving a zakat centre in the northern region on Wednesday.

He said activists from Pembela Tanah Air (Peta) would lodge a report at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Putrajaya at 3pm.

He alleged that there were improper practices in the management of zakat at the centre concerned.

“Mismanagement is not only about the value of money, but involves repeated management practices that have occurred many times.

“Therefore, the zakat management must be examined according to Islamic rulings and the zakat administration in the state clearly violated a fatwa that has been issued and that should not have happened,” he said.

On Tuesday, Chegubard said he would expose alleged wrongdoing involving top leadership of a ministry as well as a zakat centre in a state.

He claimed to have several sets of data and information related to the allegations, which he described as important for further investigation.

When asked to comment on the disclosure involving senior leadership of a ministry, he said it involved two cases.

“We need to decide which one to go with first, but I think it is more important to look at the materials this afternoon and possibly begin with an organisation that heads Malaysia’s civil servants,” he added.

In a related development, he stressed that he would not back down despite facing various forms of intimidation, including investigations and threats of legal action following earlier corruption allegations.

He also stressed that the threats he had previously received did not affect him and would not weaken his resolve in continuing his struggle.

“Insya-Allah, all these threats, intimidation or offers do not affect me because I have never paid attention to such things.

“But this time, I see intimidation using the government, police and others, with investigation after investigation and threats of lawsuits piling up and I feel it should not be like this,” he said.

Meanwhile, he said he remained as a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) division chief and had not received any offers to join other political parties.

“No, none at all. I feel that all parties are afraid of me,” he said.

At the same time, he reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening Bersatu as a more relevant platform to help improve the country.