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GISB premises in Perak under police scrutiny [WATCH]

IPOH: Police are keeping an eye on all premises operated by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd in Perak.

Perak police chief Datuk Azizi Mat Aris, however, declined to disclose the locations of the premises.

When asked if police would conduct operations on GISB-related charity homes, Azizi said these premises were on their radar.

"As the inspector-general of police has mentioned, it is still on our radar. I can't provide the locations right now, so just wait and see," he said after a ceremony to honour retired and soon-to-retire policemen here today.

Meanwhile, checks found that a building linked to GISB is located in Taman Rapat here.

It is also understood that GISB-linked charity homes are located in Manjung, Beruas and Kamunting in Taiping.

GISB is now the focus of a police investigation after raids were conducted on 20 welfare homes allegedly linked to the group.

On Sept 11 this year, police rescued 402 children from 20 homes connected to GISB.

It was reported that GISB had been on the police "watch list" since 2011.

The coordinated raids on the 20 welfare homes were the culmination of a six-month probe.

Police had been monitoring the company long before the allegations of child exploitation and abuse went viral on social media.

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