SEREMBAN, Sept 22 — The Syariah lower court here today allowed the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Affairs Department’s (JHEAINS) a bail application for the chairman and principal of a madrasah in Kuala Pilah, suspected of being linked to GISB Holdings.
Judge Nurul Akmar Mohamad Hilmi granted the application to allow JHEAINS to complete the probe into the suspects under Section 22 of the Control of Islamic Religious Schools Enactment (Negeri Sembilan) 1996 and Section 52 of the Syariah Criminal Enactment (Negeri Sembilan) 1992 (Amendment 2019).
Nurul Akmar ordered each suspect, aged 51 and 58, to pay RM2,000 bail with two sureties who are Negeri Sembilan residents. The court set November 12 for mention.
Meanwhile, JHEAINS director Mohd Asri Abdullah in a statement said the suspects were detained yesterday to facilitate investigation on a religious school believed to be operating without a permit in Kuala Pilah, adding that both individuals were apprehended after providing their statements at the Kuala Pilah Police Headquarters.
He said, from the interrogation, both suspects are believed to be trying to revive Aurad Muhammadiah teachings, declared deviant by the state Mufti Department.
“JHEAINS applied for a bail bond at the Syariah lower court today to complete investigation papers and ensure their attendance on the case mention date, which is November 12,” he said.
The media reported that on September 12, JHEAINS sealed two houses being used as an unregistered madrasah housing 40 boys aged between 10 and 12 in a village in Kuala Pilah following reports of alleged sexual misconduct involving residents of the facility, with inspections conducted at the premises on September 6.
Previously, four teaching assistants at the madrasah were charged at the Sessions Court here for committing physical sexual assault against the children.
— Bernama
