PETALING JAYA: Two people, the chairman and the principal of a school in Kuala Pilah linked to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISB), have been arrested on suspicion of reviving deviant Islamic teachings.
According to a Sinar Harian report, the two men, aged 58 and 51, were arrested on suspicion of trying to revive the teachings of Aurad Muhammadiyah, which was declared illegal in Negri Sembilan in 2016.
Negri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs Department enforcement division head, Ahmad Zaki Hamzah said, they were arrested at the Kuala Pilah police headquarters at about 9pm on Saturday (Sept 21).
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He said they were arrested following a raid carried out at the school on Sept 6.
“We initially investigated them for managing an unregistered school but it was later found that they also tried to revive the teachings of Aurad Muhammadiyah which had been declared illegal by the Negri mufti in 2016,” he told Sinar Harian on Sunday (Sept 22).
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According to Ahmad Zaki, the court allowed RM2,000 bail each with two sureties.
“The re-mention of the charges is set for November 12,” he said.
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Four teaching assistants from the school were also charged with sexual misconduct at the Sessions Court.
The accused, Muhammad Habib Noh Mohd Zairi, 21; Muhammad Khunnais Fathie Khabil, 20; Ahmad Nadzful Izham Azizan, 22; and Muhammad Fawzun Azim Ismail, 20, face five, six, three and six charges respectively
They pleaded not guilty to all charges.
