Singapore restaurant linked to Malaysian firm in alleged child sodomy case denies involvement
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SINGAPORE — A restaurant in North Bridge Road with ties to a Malaysian conglomerate embroiled in an alleged child abuse case in Malaysia has denied having direct involvement with the investigations.
In a statement on Facebook on Sept 15, Mihrimah Restaurant said that Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) Holdings, which has links to the religious sect Al-Arqam that is banned in Malaysia due to its deviant religious teachings, serves only as its business consultant.
The restaurant added that it is concerned about the potential reputational impact on its business due to the investigations. The eatery serves Malaysian-inspired dishes including roti canai.
The Malaysian police have rescued 402 children from 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan linked to GISB, where some children had allegedly been sodomised by their caregivers and forced to do the same to others.
Some children were also physically abused, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said on Sept 11.
GISB executive director Nasiruddin Mohd Ali has admitted that there were “one or two isolated cases of sodomy” in its midst, but denied accusations of human trafficking and slavery within the group.
GISB lists Mihrimah Restaurant among its worldwide branches on its website.
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