No sexual abuse at PAS schools, we have regulations - Hadi

PAS has regulatory bodies that can prevent sexual abuse from happening at schools run by the party.

This is according to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang today when asked to comment about children allegedly sodomised under the care of welfare homes run by another religious organisation.

“The situation in PAS is under control, Insya Allah.

“We have ‘lajnah-lajnah’ (committees) led by our leaders to regulate (the institutions),” he told a press conference after launching PAS 70th muktamar in Temerloh, Pahang this morning.

On Sept 11, Police raided 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan linked to Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings (GISBH), following a report alleging abandonment, sexual assault, and harassment of children under their care.

It was initially reported that 402 children were rescued but police have since revised the number down to 392.

Police later said at least 13 children rescued in the raids were believed to have been sodomised.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain had claimed that the children had been sodomised by their guardians and trained to sodomise each other but this was denied by a GISBH official, who suggested the children may have learned sodomy on their own.

Hadi further stressed that PAS has no connection whatsoever with GISBH.

He labelled a news report by an unnamed international media linking the two as fake news.

“They are not our party members, they have no connection to us,” the PAS president said.

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