Police have rescued more than 600 children, some of whom were found to have been abused.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s religious affairs authority on Nov 14 accused a conglomerate under investigation for child abuse and money laundering of deploying “elements of slavery” in the way it operates its businesses.
“GISB practices economic models that have an element of slavery where the needs of followers will be fully borne by the company and in return, they are required to serve voluntarily without any wages,” Nooh said in a statement on Nov 14. “This committee also suggests that government agencies at the federal and state levels assist in the process of rehabilitating and allocate a suitable amount of funds for this purpose.”
Following the series of raids in September on care homes run by GISB in Selangor and neighbouring Negeri Sembilan state, Malaysia’s police chief Razarudin Husain said thatHome Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail also said in parliament in October that children were being severely punished for minor infractions.
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