KUALA LUMPUR: Police will focus on the top management of GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) after their current investigations are completed, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
He said this in response to GISBH executive chairman and chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali's acknowledgement yesterday that "one or two" cases of sodomy occurred in its welfare homes.
"We will finish this investigation first. There are two or three investigations ongoing. After it has been finished, we will address (the acknowledgement by GISBH's head)."
Yesterday, Nasiruddin acknowledged that "one or two" cases of sodomy occurred in its welfare homes but said they only involved a few people.
"There were sodomy cases, but one or two (cases), why are these being lumped together?" he said in a video posted on GISBH Holding's Facebook page.
"Then we were accused of human trafficking, exploiting children. It happened so fast without any discussions."
Nasiruddin further disputed the authorities' actions, including the removal of 402 children aged one to 17 from GISBH's care. The company had previously denied allegations of child exploitation.
He argued that authorities should have communicated with them instead of "detaining" the children. Nasiruddin also denied allegations of forcing children to sodomise others, human trafficking, and the use of "air berkat" (holy water) made with leg hair, calling them "baseless and disgusting".
He said GISBH regretted such claims, describing them as slander aimed at crippling the company's businesses.
On Wednesday, police rescued 402 minors from welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan linked to GISBH. Then, Razarudin said the victims had endured various forms of exploitation and abuse including being sodomised.
He also said initial investigations revealed that caretakers also taught the children to sodomise other children.