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Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 400 children and teenagers suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official says. Police arrested 171 adults, including “ustazs” or Islamic religious teachers, during co-ordinated raids on 20 premises across two Malaysian states, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said.
did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment on the sexual abuse allegations. In a statement, employees, who were sent to the homes shortly after they were born, before being subjected to multiple forms of abuse. The victims were allegedly sodomised by adult guardians and later taught to sodomise other children at the homes, he said.
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