KUALA LUMPUR – No arrests involving civil servants, including police or military personnel, have been made throughout the investigation into Global Ikhwan Service & Business Holdings (GISB).
The Home Ministry, in a written response in the Dewan Negara, said that GISB currently has a total of 10,500 members.
“Of that number, there is no information regarding GISB members serving in the public sector, including the police and military.
“Throughout the investigation into the case involving GISB, no arrests of civil servants, including police or military personnel, have been made,” it stated.
The ministry provided this information in response to a question from Senator Mohd Hasbie Muda, who asked how many civil servants are involved in GISB.
On November 14, the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia (MKI) Fatwa Committee decided that the teachings, beliefs, and ideology of GISB are deviant and misleading from Islamic teachings.
MKI Fatwa Committee chairman Datuk Nooh Gadut said that during a meeting held from September 24 to 26, the committee was confident and satisfied with the arguments and evidence presented by researchers regarding GISB.
He explained that the teachings promoted by Nasiruddin Mohd Ali of GISB, along with his followers or any individual linked to GISB or similar entities, such as companies, organisations, or groups exhibiting traits of deviation, were deemed deviant and strayed from Islamic teachings.
On October 30, GISB chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, his wife Datin Azura Md Yusof, and 22 others were charged in the Selayang sessions court with being members of an organised crime group that had been active for four years.
Nasiruddin subsequently filed a habeas corpus application in the Johor Bahru High Court to challenge his detention under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012. – December 5, 2024
