By Suhaila Shahrul Annuar
SHAH ALAM, Sept 16 — A special meeting will be held tomorrow to discuss follow-up actions by state authorities on GISB Holdings’ child exploitation case.
Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) director Dato’ Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad said the meeting will cover moves Jais must make in matters of theology.
“Tomorrow, there will be a special meeting chaired by Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) chairman (Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof) that will cover further action that will be taken by state authorities, specifically Jais, on theological matters.
“We don’t know the agenda (of the meeting) yet, but I know that based on a previous (Mais) statement that there have been many orders for Jais, and those orders will be detailed tomorrow: on what Jais must do.
“The meeting will also involve police and other parties,” said Shahzihan after Selangor’s Maulidur Rasul celebration at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque here today.
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Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) director Dato’ Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad speaks to Media Selangor at the Jais headquarters in Shah Alam on June 23, 2023. — Picture by NUR ADIBAH AHMAD IZAM/MEDIA SELANGOR[/caption]
On Saturday, Abdul Aziz in a statement said religious authorities and school inspectors under Jais had been ordered to investigate welfare homes and schools under GISB Holdings.
Abdul Aziz said the move was to ensure those premises were not spreading teachings against Islam.
The statement also said prosecutions under the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) 1995 must be made immediately if the welfare homes and schools were spreading deviant teachings.
Islamic schools involved in criminal activities and deviant teachings will be deregistered under the Control of Islamic Religious Schools Enactment 1988.
Mais advised Muslims in Selangor to be cautious of suspicious teachings.
GISB Holdings was embroiled in controversy after 20 of its childcare centres and welfare homes were raided by police on September 11.
In the raids, police rescued 402 children aged one to 17, and arrested 171 people managing the premises to assist in investigations.
