KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 12 companies related to Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) have been fined RM4.4mil, says the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry.
Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, said the fines were imposed following an investigation by the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) which found that all the companies involved failed to comply with their responsibilities to submit annual statements and financial statements.”
Besides GISB, there are 17 other companies using the name GISB in their SSM registration.
At the same time, data checks and related website searches for GISB or “Ikhwan” have revealed that as many as 201 businesses can be connected to GISB.
“One of the annual responsibilities of companies is to submit their audited financial statements.
“The SSM investigation found that these 12 companies did not comply with the responsibility to submit annual statements and financial statements,” he said after attending an event here yesterday.
Separately, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said Bukit Aman has received 10 more police reports by those who have allegedly been victims of forced labour believed to be linked to GISB.
This is after he had urged those who have been victims of exploitation and forced labour by GISB to come forward.
He said the victims are aged between 14 and in their 20s.
“The cases occurred from 2013 until this year. The police reports were lodged for incidents in Miri (Sarawak), Rawang (Selangor) and Alor Setar (Kedah),” he said when contacted yesterday.
More than 300 individuals have been detained in the police investigation on 20 raided care homes linked to GISB since Sept 11.
Police also rescued 572 children in the operation codenamed Ops Global.
In the raids conducted on Sept 21, Razarudin had said a total of 138 bank accounts containing RM882,795 belonging to GISB have been frozen.
He said the IGP secretariat’s Anti-Money Laundering (Amla) division has frozen the accounts under Section 44(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act ( AMLATFPUAA) 2001.
The IGP said last Saturday’s raids found that all of the premises were vacated.
A total of 35 investigation papers have been opened since Sept 11. Police also estimated there are about 10,000 GISB members.
