POLICE DENY INACTION
At the identical time, Mr. Razarudin denied ideas that authorities had taken too lengthy to behave towards the group.
“We did not depart it like that. And Jakim (Malaysia’s Islamic Affairs Authority) did not depart it like that. We tried to get as a lot info as attainable (earlier than taking motion),” he stated.
The Sultan of Selangor on Saturday expressed his disappointment at what he described as an absence of efficient measures towards GISB.
“We should settle for that the delay in dealing with this matter has highlighted weaknesses within the monitoring and enforcement of legal guidelines by non secular organisations towards GISB-linked charitable houses and non secular colleges,” an announcement from the Selangor Royal Office learn, as reported by The Star.
“The group’s community is so huge that the issue has grow to be severe and uncontrolled.”
Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar final week ordered police to conduct a right away and thorough investigation into felony and abuse allegations at a number of nursing houses
The monarch additionally stated that issues regarding the Islamic religion have to be safeguarded and never taken flippantly.
During Monday’s press convention, Mr. Razarudin additionally supplied an replace on the seizures and asset freezes carried out by police in reference to the case.
He stated authorities have frozen a complete of 138 financial institution accounts linked to GISB, with funds price about RM900,000, and that 15 different accounts have been closed thus far.
Thirty-eight automobiles price about RM3.8 million had been seized together with 14 plots of land, the worth of which is but to be decided. Several animals, together with horses, rabbits and peacocks, had been seized throughout the raids.
Founded in 2010, GISB owns bakeries, comfort shops and different companies in Malaysia and elsewhere, with whole property of roughly RM325 million globally.
