KULAI: A personal orphanage in Kulai, Johor, has been ordered to briefly shut after its president was arrested for alleged involvement in rape and abuse circumstances involving residents.
According to Kulai police chief Tan Seng Lee, the orphanage president was arrested on November 30 following allegations that he raped and impregnated a 17-year-old resident between 2020 and 2022, when she was aged 13 to fifteen years.
The 59-year-old suspect – who, together with the orphanage, has not been named – was arrested once more on December 10 for alleged baby abuse after closed-circuit tv (CCTV) footage confirmed him aggressively beating a woman in the identical orphanage, in response to information outlet Malay Mail.
The man stood trial on the Sessions Court in Johor Bahru on Sunday (December 15) on costs of rape and baby abuse.
Johor Women, Family and Community Development Committee chairperson Khairin-Nisa Ismail @ Md On mentioned the order to shut the orphanage was issued by the director basic of the Johor Welfare Department in accordance with part 15 of the Care Centers Act 1993.
The Johor Welfare Department has taken custody of all 55 youngsters, aged between 10 and 17, residing on the orphanage.
Of the 55 youngsters, 32 had been returned to their organic dad and mom. The different 23 youngsters, together with 10 boys and 13 ladies, had been positioned in a chosen protected facility beneath the care of the Johor Welfare Department, Khairin-Nisa mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday.
Separately, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution mentioned in a parliamentary response on Wednesday that the federal government was planning broader provisions and harder sanctions beneath the Child Act 2001 to stop future circumstances of kid abuse.
He was responding to a query from Member of Parliament for Sibu Oscar Ling Chai Yew, who wished the federal government to enhance enforcement of the Child Act following high-profile circumstances such because the one linked to controversial Muslim conglomerate Global Ikhsan Services and Business Holdings (GISB ).
The GISB case noticed Malaysian authorities raid 20 of its care houses in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan in September and rescue 402 youngsters and youngsters.
Initial investigations discovered that at the least 13 of them had been sodomized or taught to sexually abuse others. As of October 8, the variety of rescued youths had risen to 625, The Star reported.
Meanwhile, at the least 425 individuals linked to GISB have been arrested, together with its senior leaders. Its CEO and chairman Nasiruddin Mohd Ali was amongst 22 individuals charged in courtroom on October 23 with being a part of an organized felony group.
