Police implemented raids on 82 premises, together with charity properties, clinics, businesses, non secular colleges and non-public residences
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22 September, 2024, 12:30 pm
Final modified: 22 September, 2024, 12:38 pm
Malaysian police stated they beget arrested 355 suspects as phase of an investigation into child abuse at care properties speed by an Islamic conglomerate.
Police inspector-customary Razarudin Husain stated Saturday that the suspects had been arrested in an operation to trace down the closing members of Global Ikhwan Service and Industry (GISB), which police think is linked to a banned Islamic sect.
Among these arrested had been GISB chief Nasiruddin Ali and 30 assorted members of the community.
Police implemented raids on 82 premises, together with charity properties, clinics, businesses, non secular colleges and non-public residences, Razarudin stated.
At the least 186 victims had been rescued in the operation, he added.
On Tuesday, Razarudin stated authorities had frozen 96 accounts linked to the community containing approximately $124,000.
GISB has lengthy been controversial for its links to the now-defunct Al-Arqam sect, and has confronted scrutiny by non secular authorities in the Muslim-majority nation.
Malaysian authorities banned Al-Arqam in 1994 for deviant teachings. GISB members had in 2011 situation up an “Obedient Wives Club” that known as on females to be “whores in bed” to cease their husbands from dishonest.
In accordance to its web location, GISB says it’s miles an Islamic company that runs businesses from supermarkets to restaurants, and operates in numerous countries together with Indonesia, France and the United Kingdom.
Police think the 402 minors in the care properties had been all kids of GISB members, Razarudin had stated.
