KUALA LUMPUR: Police believe that more evidence of abuse committed against children in welfare homes allegedly linked to Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holding (GISBH) will be uncovered soon.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said police have detected several videos of children being abused, believed to have taken place in these homes.
"We believe there are many more abuses taking place. We will lodge a report and conduct an investigation.
"I have instructed the officers of the task force investigating this case to lodge a report to facilitate further investigations," he said.
Two such videos have since emerged on social media. One video, lasting one minute and nine seconds, showed a boy crying while a man knelt on his chest.
The man, who is off-camera, was heard asking why the child was crying and also pinched his nose.
"Why are you crying, do you want to die?" the man was heard saying.
Another 42-second video showed the boy being caned on he palm of his hand, causing him to writhe in pain.
GISBH is now the focus of a police investigation after raids were conducted on 20 welfare homes allegedly linked to the group.
The raids on Wednesday saw 402 people, some as young as one-year-old, rescued.
Police said the victims had endured various forms of exploitation and abuse, including being sodomised.
Razarudin also said initial investigations suggested that caretakers had also taught the children to sodomise other children.
The IGP on Sunday told NST that GISBH had been on the police watch list since 2011, and the coordinated raids the homes were the culmination of a six-month probe to gather intelligence, build a case, and formulate an action plan.
Razarudin had said that he met with representatives from the Research Centre for Deviant Teachings (Pukas) six months ago.
Police, he said, had been monitoring the company even before the recent allegations of child exploitation and abuse went viral on social media.
GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd has since denied the allegations and any links to the case.