SHAH ALAM: Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISB) has asked the government to allow its members to help care for the more than 500 children who are under the Welfare Department's protection.
The children were rescued in a police operation last month from welfare homes linked to GISB.
The organisation's lawyer, Rosli Kamaruddin, said the government should grant parents access to the children and assist the Welfare Department.
"I feel sympathy for the children, as well as the Welfare Department officers. There are more than 500 children. How will they (Welfare Department officers) manage them? Please allow the families to help.
"We will abide by all the rules," he said at a press conference here today.
Rosli said a GISB board director, whose 15 children had been under the custody of the Welfare Department, were being placed in three separate care homes.
"One of his children suffers from cerebral palsy, and needs round-the-clock care, and must be fed through a tube.
"And that is just 15 children. There are more than 500 kids. Let the parents help."
On Sept 11, the police conducted raids on 20 charity homes allegedly operated by GISB in Selangor and Negri Sembilan, rescuing scores of children amid allegations of neglect, sexual abuse and molestation.
Rosli also urged all quarters not to spark polemics, which could give a bad impression towards the organisation.
"We urge all non-governmental organisations, associations, politicians, professionals and individuals not appointed by GISB to stop any polemics, debates, and so on that may cause discomfort to any group, including the authorities."
Yesterday, it was reported that the Pulangkan Anak Anak Kami movement, a coalition of parents, had demanded the immediate return of their children who were taken by the Welfare Department during the Op Global operations last month.
Its spokesperson, Datuk Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, said the movement wanted the government to promptly return the children, adding that their initial detention was allegedly a mistake stemming from faulty intelligence, as well as flawed police and Welfare Department investigations.
Tun Faisal is also a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia member.