Some GISBH members have 34 kids, only know names of 2, says IGP

 

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Some GISBH members

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Elill Easwaran

-23 Sep 2024, 06:02 PM

Razarudin Husain also says most of the parents were members of GISBH and it was impossible for them to be unaware of what was happening to their children.

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Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said it was common for some GISBH members to have multiple wives, resulting in large families.

KUALA LUMPUR: 

Some members of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH), currently being probed for child exploitation, have up to 34 children from multiple wives, but do not know the names of all of them, the nation’s top cop revealed.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said this when asked if the parents of children that the authorities had rescued from the welfare homes, purportedly linked to the company, were aware of their children’s fate.

Razarudin said most of the children’s parents were GISBH members.

So how can the parents not be aware?

 he told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur police training centre where the victims are currently being placed.

Razarudin said it was common for some GISBH members, which had been estimated to number around 10,000, to have multiple wives, resulting in large families.

For example, some members have four wives and up to 34 children, but they only take care of two and don’t even know the names of the remaining 32.

On Sept 11, police rescued 402 children from 18 welfare homes in Selangor and two in Negeri Sembilan, which the authorities had linked to GISBH.

Police said their investigations showed that at least 13 of the children were sodomised or taught to sexually assault others.

GISBH had denied it operated the welfare homes and rejected claims children under its care were sodomised or forced to sexually assault others, although its CEO Nasiruddin Ali has since admitted that 

one or two

 cases of sodomy had occurred within the organisation in the past.

Meanwhile, Razarudin said police may use all available legal provisions, including the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), in the investigation into GISBH.

The probe was currently moving 

in that direction

, he said, referring to Sosma.

But we will investigate (GISBH) under the relevant laws, including the Child Act, the Sexual Offences Against Children Act and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.

Razarudin also said issues related to GISBH’s religious doctrines would be handled by the Islamic development department (Jakim) and the National Council of Islamic Religious Affairs (MKI).

He added that their investigations showed the company followed certain teachings of Al-Arqam founder, Ashaari Mohammad, who died in 2010.