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The police raided several welfare homes simultaneously on Wednesday night. During this, more than 400 children were rescued safely from there.
In Malaysia, police raided 20 Islamic welfare homes on Wednesday and freed 402 children. These included 201 boys and 201 girls aged between 1 and 17 years.
According to news agency AP, the police allege that children were sexually abused here. These welfare homes are linked to an Islamic business group called Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB).
The national police chief said 171 suspects have been detained, including 105 women. According to Inspector General Rajauddin Hussain, they had received information that children were being abused here.
According to Hussain, children in welfare homes were also pressured to do bad things with other children. He said that those who were detained included religious teachers and many other people. They were responsible for the education and care of the children.
Police say that many children were kept in the same room.
A small child was branded with a hot spoon for making a mistake Inspector General Hussain said that when children fell ill in the welfare home, they were not treated. They were taken to the hospital only when their condition was critical. He said that there are some cases in which a child as young as 5 years was branded with a hot spoon for making a mistake.
Police believe that Global Ikhwan exploited children and used religious sentiments to obtain donations. According to police, preliminary investigations revealed that the children living here belonged to employees of Global Ikhwan Group.
According to the Malaysia City Post website, Global Ikhwan Group is involved in many businesses including grocery, bakery, restaurant, poultry farm, travel. It has branches in 20 countries, in which more than 5 thousand employees work.
Global Ikhwan has branches in 20 countries including China, Britain, UAE. This group was founded by a religious leader.
Religious leader Ashari Mohammed founded the Global Ikhwan According to the report, Global Ikhwan was founded by Ashari Mohammed. Ashari Mohammed was a religious leader from Malaysia. He claimed that Allah had blessed him with many miraculous powers. After this, he started a religious sect named Al-Arqam in 1968.
Ashari was a supporter of polygamy. He himself had married five times. The government banned Al-Arqam in 1994. After this, Ashari was arrested on the pretext of being a Muslim. He remained in jail until his death in 2010.
The group has changed its name several times since Ashari’s death. Global Ikhwan defended itself on Wednesday by saying it had no connection with welfare homes. It was not involved in any way in the exploitation of children. The group said it did not do anything that was against Islamic law.