Together with her sister ship Kasturi, Lekir serves in the 22nd Corvette Squadron of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

The DR3000S Electronic Support Measures suite and Therma SKWS Decoy Launching System were also installed.

For anti-submarine warfare, a DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar from Atlas Elektronik was installed to complement the new torpedo-launch capabilities.

[4] During Exercise Taming Sari 21/2022 that took place between 16 and 20 May 2022 in the Strait of Malacca, Lekir live-fired an Exocet MM40 missile.

[5] Lekir fired the Exocet MM40 missile during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise that took place between 29 June until 4 August 2022 off Hawaii.