KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 – Police arrested top leaders of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB Holdings), including its chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife, during a raid in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
Bernama reported that the Shah Alam magistrates’ court has granted a remand application for all 19 individuals. They will be remanded for seven days starting today.
According to media reports, the operation conducted around dawn this morning at several locations, including a residential premise on Jalan Imbi, saw 12 men and seven women aged between 30 to 65 being arrested by police.
Those arrested reportedly include Nasiruddin, his wife and their two children, as well as the son of the banned sect Al-Arqam’s deceased leader Ashaari Mohammad.
Other detainees include four of Ashaari’s daughters, one of whom is the aforementioned wife.
Following magistrate Wan Noora Nisa Ngadirin decision to grant police’s remand application, all 19 individuals were taken to the lock-up at the Shah Alam police headquarters.
All 19 individuals are being investigated under Section 32(a) of the Child Act 2001 for allowing a child to beg or receive alms, Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 on improper network usage and Section 14 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2022 (Atipsom) pertaining to child trafficking.
In a video posted on GISB Holdings’ social media accounts, Nasiruddin previously admitted that the company was involved in “one or two” sodomy cases in the past.
However, he denied ncliams of GISB Holdings indoctrinating children at its welfare homes with deviant ideology, with the company also dismissing accusations of child labour while distancing itself from welfare homes raided by police.
Meanwhile, earlier today, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain confirmed that five men believed to be linked to GISB Holdings were similarly remanded at the Shah Alam magistrates’ court.
Their remand order is also set to end on September 25.
The five men, one of whom is said to be the son of a GISB Holdings leader, are being investigated under Section 12 of the Atipsom Act for human trafficking.
