KUALA LUMPUR: Over 50 journalists and photographers have gathered at the court complex here ahead of the arrival of 22 Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) members expected to be charged with being in an organised criminal group.
Members of the press arrived as early as 7am and were asked to wait at the court's main gate.
They have now been allowed to enter the court compound and told to wait in front of the lock-up area.
The public is been barred from parking their vehicles in the court compound but allowed to enter for court matters.
Policemen from the Criminal Investigation Department are also present.
A defence lawyer representing GISB said the organisation's top five members, including its chairman and chief executive officer Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, are among those facing charges.
The deputy public prosecutors prosecuting the case are believed to have arrived at the court.
Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said 22 individuals will be charged under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code. https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2024/10/1123854/gisb-ceo-wife-a...
Section 130V(1) stipulates that whoever is a member of an organised criminal group shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than five years and not more than twenty years.