KUALA LUMPUR: A GISB Holdings (GISBH) member sent 32 of his 34 children to welfare homes linked to the company where they were raised to believe they were orphans.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the police's probe into GISBH found that many of the 572 children rescued from homes linked to the company, showed signs of abuse and trauma.
The children, who were rescued as part of the police's Op Global, were also led to believe they were orphans.
"One member in particular has four wives and 34 children," Razarudin said at a press conference.
"Only two children were cared for by the parents, the other 32 were handed over to the welfare homes," he said.
Razarudin said the rescued children were now sheltered in 11 safe houses and have undergone health screenings.
Earlier this month, the police rescued 402 people, some as young as one, from GISBH-linked welfare homes.
Police said the victims had endured various forms of exploitation and abuse, including being sodomised.
GISBH has since denied the allegations of child exploitation and sexual abuse.
Today, Razarudin said under phase four of Op Global, 187 victims were rescued, comprising 100 males and 87 females.
"Fifty-nine of them were aged below five, while 75 of them were between the ages of six and 12, with 40 of them aged between 13 and 17," he said, adding that 13 victims over the age of 18 were also rescued.
Among those rescued were four children aged six to 11 who were separated from their father since 2021.
He said one of them was in a now-viral video of GISBH members caning children.
"We also rescued another child who had been been kneed in the chest," he said, adding a video that child has also gone viral.
"The child is currently being treated in hospital," he said.
Razarudin said the suspects in both cases have been remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 31(1) of the Child Act and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act for neglect of a child leading to physical or emotional injury and improper use of network facilities.