Home Ministry steps up rehabilitation of GISBH followers

The Home Ministry is intensifying efforts to rehabilitate followers of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH) to prevent them from reverting to deviant teachings prohibited by religious authorities.

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has instructed his ministry to adopt a consistent and systematic approach instead of seasonal measures.

“The prime minister has also directed the police to curtail any elements that could expose GISBH followers to such teachings,” he told reporters during a working visit to the Tumpat District Police Headquarters today.

He added that GISBH followers were returning to their old beliefs not through physical texts but through online platforms.

“The police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission are working closely to monitor their online activities,” he added.

On the status of children linked to GISBH followers, Saifuddin said most of the children have been reunited with their parents or guardians.

“Women, Family, and Community Development Minister Nancy Shukri recently reported the number of children returned to their families,” he said.

He also disclosed that the police had opened investigation papers, resulting in several prosecutions.

Yesterday, Nancy said 130 children rescued from charity homes tied to GISBH remain unclaimed by their parents.

Since the first phase of Op Global began in early September, authorities have detained 415 individuals, including GISBH’s top management and rescued 625 victims aged between two months and 28 years.

- Bernama

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