KUALA LUMPUR, The Children’s Protection Society (CPS) has called for swift action to rescue the children involved in the recent Op Global raids on welfare homes linked to GISB Holdings.
It also stressed the need for offenders to be punished and for a comprehensive reform of the monitoring system for welfare home.
CPS founder and president Datuk Seri Nazir Ariff said those responsible for the unspeakable acts must be brought to justice immediately and without exception.
‘I urge the authorities to act with urgency and compassion. There is no room for hesitation,” he said in a statement today.
‘For over 30 years, CPS has fought to provide neglected and abandoned children with the love, care, and safety they deserve, yet the grotesque nature of the abuse revealed in these recent raids has shaken me to my core,’ he added.
Nazir emphasised the need for a robust system that ensures such atrocities do not remain hidden, leaving children to suffer in silence.
On Wednesday, the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation
Department raided 20 children’s homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, leading to the arrest of 66 men and 105 women, aged between 17 and 64.
As a result of the raids, 402 children comprising 201 boys and 201 girls, aged between one and 17 were rescued.
Intelligence reports suggest the children were exposed to inappropriate behaviour and coerced into imitating such actions with others. Some victims in poor health were allegedly denied medical treatment until their conditions became critical, and hot objects were used to punish them for perceived mistakes.
Nazir also affirmed the organisation’s readiness to provide any necessary support in response to the crisis, stressing that the issue goes beyond the scope of any single organisation.
‘This is a national crisis, and we must respond as such. The time for change is now. No child in Malaysia, or anywhere in the world, should ever have to endure what these children have lived through,” he said.
‘The children are watching, and they are waiting. We must not f
ail them,’ Nazir added.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency
