Global Ikhwan asks for prayers after top management's arrest
Published on: Friday, September 20, 2024
By: FMT
Some of the 19 arrested members of GISBH’s management staff at the Shah Alam court complex yesterday. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH) has called for calm and prayers after several members of its top management staff, including CEO Nasiruddin Ali, were arrested by the police on Wednesday.
The company called for all parties to respect the law and await the results of the police investigations over the next few days.
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“We, therefore, request everyone’s cooperation and prayers so that these complications and challenges are swiftly resolved, and justice is upheld for all parties involved.
"May we all receive Allah’s blessings and mercy," it said in a Facebook post yesterday.
Yesterday, police obtained a seven-day remand order against 19 members of the company’s top management. The 19, including seven women aged between 25 and 65, will be remanded until Sept 25.
They are being investigated under Section 32(a) of the Child Act 2001, Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and Section 14 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment) Act 2022.
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Four people linked to the company have since been charged with numerous offences, including sexual assault.
On Sept 11, police rescued 402 children from 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan which the authorities had linked to GISBH.
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They also arrested 171 people, including an ustaz and a hostel warden.
According to the police, the investigations showed that at least 13 of the children were allegedly sodomised or taught to sexually assault others.
GISBH had denied it operated the welfare homes that were raided and rejected claims children under its care were sodomised or forced to sexually assault others.
However, Nasiruddin has since admitted that "one or two" cases of sodomy had occurred within the organisation in the past.
He also denied claims GISBH was imparting deviant teachings to children and adolescents at its welfare homes through the company’s doctrine.
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