Malaysia child sex abuse scandal: members of Islamic firm had multiple wives, police say
Some members have four wives and 34 children, with many of them living in care homes where the alleged abuse took place, police chief says
Some of the fathers linked to the Islamic company at the centre of a massive child sex probe had dozens of children by multiple wives – many of them living in care homes where the alleged abuse took place, Malaysia’s police chief said on Monday.
Police have raided dozens of premises, including charity homes, businesses and religious schools believed to be owned or linked to wealthy Islamic company Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH).
More than 500 people have been arrested so far in a massive multi-agency operation across Malaysia’s peninsula over the past two weeks, as details trickle out of what could be the worst case of systemic child abuse and exploitation the country has ever seen.
More than 570 children have been rescued, most from 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan states in the peninsula’s south. Medical screenings found that at least 13 of the children had suffered from sexual abuse, police said.
“Most of these children are children of GISBH members,” said police chief Razarudin Husain.
“There are members who marry four wives and have 34 children. Two of them [the children] live with them … and nobody knows where the other 32 live.”
Children were allegedly separated from parents and placed in the homes, where police said they were sexually assaulted and “taught to sodomise” by their caretakers.
