PETALING JAYA: A top leader of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) says there were "one or two isolated cases of sodomy" but denies any allegations of human trafficking.
As the company hit the headlines this past week following police raids over allegations of child abuse and exploitation, GISB executive director Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali also said it was mulling legal action over the matter.
In a 20-minute recording released by GISB on Saturday (Sept 14), Nasiruddin also said GISB's bank accounts had been frozen by the authorities.
"Yes, there were one or two cases of sodomy among the children but why generalise all the other innocent children and accuse us of human trafficking?" he asked.
Nasiruddin said the authorities should have questioned the organisation's leaders with regard to how they care for the children.
"I did not speak up earlier for fear of aggravating the situation. Our lawyers will start the legal process tomorrow," he said.
Nasiruddin also said GISB premises were also starting to be sealed by the authorities.
"Our businesses have suffered. Our products are all halal-certified by Jakim (Islamic Development Department of Malaysia)," he said.
GISB is currently at the centre of a storm after the police rescued 402 children – 201 boys and 201 girls aged between one and 17 years old – from 20 care homes in Selangor and Negri Sembilan in an operation codenamed Ops Global on Sept 11.
A total of 171 suspects, aged between 17 and 64 years old, were arrested, including a teacher and dormitory caretakers.
On Friday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said that some of the children were allegedly sodomised and groomed to sodomise others.
Police also said they were probing the source of funds of the care homes raided.
Following the video release by Nasiruddin, Razarudin said he is free to make any statements but "we will still conduct our own investigation about the alleged sodomy concerning the 13 children".
"As I said before, our investigations are still at an early stage. We will conduct a thorough probe to ensure justice is served," he said when contacted for his comment yesterday.
The country's top cop also did not rule out the possibility of Nasiruddin being called up to have his statement recorded to assist in ongoing investigations.
