An ustaz, or Islamic religious teacher, was among the 171 people - aged between 17 and 64 - arrested.
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian police have rescued 402 children from 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negri Sembilan, where some children had been sodomised by their caregivers and allegedly forced to do the same to others.
“Children as young as five years old were injured with hot objects when they made mistakes,” he told a news conference in Kuantan, Pahang. The children – 201 boys and 201 girls, aged between one and 17 – were rescued in a raid across the two states, codenamed Op Global, on Sept 11. The 20 welfare homes raided today are linked to a Muslim conglomerate, Global Ikhwan Group , which operates hundreds of businesses across 20 countries, including in hospitality and real estate, The New Straits Times reported.
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