RM1.35mil in 206 GISBH bank accounts frozen, says IGP

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said police will apply for an extension of remand for 24 people, including GISBH CEO Nasiruddin Ali, whose remand is set to end tomorrow.

PETALING JAYA: Over RM1.35 million in 206 bank accounts linked to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH) have been frozen by police, says Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain.

Berita Harian reported Razarudin as saying this included 205 bank accounts with RM1.35 million in deposits and one bank account which has US$1,344.26 (RM5,700).

Razarudin said police had also seized various assets, including 31 vehicles and 19 plots of land, from GISBH.

He said the bank accounts were frozen under Section 44(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act while the assets were seized under Section 45(2) of the same Act.

GISBH is being investigated for child abuse, sexual abuse, human trafficking and deviant Islamic teachings.

Razarudin also said police would apply for an extension of remand for 24 people, including GISBH CEO Nasiruddin Ali, whose remand is set to end tomorrow.

“The remand extension will allow the police to complete our investigation under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007,” Berita Harian said.

Razarudin said to date, 93 GISBH members have been remanded under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code while 34 others have been detained under the Security Offenses (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).

GISBH previously said it had discarded its former image as the business wing of Al-Arqam, a cult movement declared deviant by the National Fatwa Council in 1994, and is currently positioned as a multinational company.

More than 300 people associated with GISBH, including its top management, have been detained in recent operations to clamp down on the company’s activities across the country.

More than 600 children and adolescents have been rescued from GISBH-linked welfare homes.

Police said their investigations showed that at least 13 of the children were sodomized or taught to sexually assault others.