We're closely monitoring GISBH's activities - Jais chief

The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) has been monitoring Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH), due to the group’s alleged links to the banned religious cult Al-Arqam.

Its director Shahzihan Ahmad said Jais has scrutinised 19 videos uploaded on social media by an account called Pusat Kajian Ajaran Sesat (Pukas) on the group’s activities, to strengthen its probe against the group, and to record statements from the individuals involved.

“Following the police raid on 20 of GISBH’s premises yesterday, Jais has told the Royal Malaysia Police to give us confiscated items related to the group members’ beliefs and practices for further investigation under Sections 7, 12, and 13 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995.

“Two of the raided premises yesterday were Islamic primary schools registered with Jais,” Shahzihan said in a statement today.

According to him, checks on one of the schools - Miftahul Hikmah Integration Islamic Primary School - registered in January 2015, revealed no irregularities in its teaching syllabus provided by Jais.

The other school - Maahad Tahfiz Wal Ulum Al-Ghazaly - uses its own tahfiz syllabus.

“For information, some eight schools, believed to be run by GISBH are registered with Jais.

“Two of them voluntarily shut down, while the operating licence of two others expired.

“One school had its licence revoked, while the remaining are allowed to operate until 2028,” said Shahzihan.

He assured that relevant action according to Selangor Islamic law would be taken against the raided schools.

Police raid

Yesterday, police raided 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, believed to be run by the group, and rescued 402 children aged between seven months and 17.

A total of 171 people were rounded up in the raids, which came following a police report on Sept 2 alleging child abandonment, sexual assault, and harassment of children at the welfare homes.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain claimed that guardians at the homes subjected children to sodomy, trained them to commit the act on one another, and also made children watch each other as this was happening.

The group is being probed under the Child Act 2001 (Act 611), the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, as well as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 (Act 670).

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