THE police arrested 24 Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISBH) personnel, including its CEO Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, to assist with an investigation into allegations of child exploitation.
His arrest, along with 18 others, took place during a raid on four residential units on Jalan Imbi, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday morning after they were suspected of fleeing from a business centre located in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang.
Initial police investigations did not rule out the possibility that Nasiruddin, along with his wife, two children, and GISB members, had rented the residential unit to hide.
In addition to the arrests in Kuala Lumpur, five individuals, including two of Nasiruddin’s son, were also detained at the Bukit Kayu Hitam border in Kubang Pasu, Kedah, around 6 pm the day before.
They were detained after the Northern Zone Border Intelligence Unit detected two vehicles displaying the GISBH emblem making their way towards the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine, and Security (ICQS) Complex at Bukit Kayu Hitam, heading for Thailand
This brings the total number of individuals, including GISBH’s top leaders, detained by the police to 24 in relation to investigations concerning child exploitation linked to the charity associated with the organisation.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the CEO were arrested after the police raided the four residential units where they were staying at around 5:40 am yesterday.
He said that the raid was conducted as a result of coordinated operations involving the Special Operations Division (D8) of Bukit Aman, the Special Investigation Team (PKSB), and the Organised Crime Investigation Division (D14) of the Criminal Investigation Department (JSJ) Bukit Aman.
“Simultaneous checks were carried out on all the residential units before the police arrested 19 individuals, comprising 12 men and seven women.
“Of those detained, 11 were individuals who were on the police’s target list,” he said as quoted by Utusan Malaysia.
Investigations are being conducted under Section 32(a) of the Child Act 2001, Section 233 of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and Section 14 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (ATIPSOM) (Amendment) 2022.
“Further checks on all the suspects revealed no prior criminal records, and initial interrogations and documentation processes are still ongoing,” he added.
All of the arrested has been remanded for one week. – TMR
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