GISB probe: Crackdown continues in Melaka, 24 arrested

The Star

Fifteen premises belonging to the Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd Holdings (GISB) network in Melaka have been raided by police.  The raids, which started at 7am on Saturday (Sept 21), were conducted across three districts and 24 individuals, including 19 children, were detained.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3hx8ucu2  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Fifteen premises belonging to the Global Ikhwan Sandirian Berhad Holdings GISB network in

00:08Melaka have been raided by police.

00:10A total of 24 individuals, including 19 children, were detained during the raids, which were

00:16carried out across three districts starting at 7 am on Saturday.

00:22The majority of arrests took place at a residence owned by a GISB member in Kuala Sungai Bahru

00:30Alor Gaja. Among those detained were two men and three women from a charity home,

00:36as well as individuals from a restaurant, a curtain shop, a mini market, a bakery,

00:41and a noodle processing factory in Serkam.

00:44Many of the premises raided were found to be vacant, including two bungalows in Krubong,

00:50Melaka Tengah District, which had been used as charity homes by the organisation.

00:55The operation, led by Melaka Police, also involved officers from the Social Welfare

01:00Department, the Melaka Islamic Religious Department, the Registrar of Societies,

01:06and the Companies Commission of Malaysia.

01:09Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razaruddin Hussain had earlier confirmed that multiple

01:14raids were conducted on GISB-owned business centres, including its headquarters in Bandar

01:20Country Homes, Rawang, Selangor.

01:24Raids were also carried out at various other locations across the country early Saturday.

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