KUALA LUMPUR — Police today brought Ummu Atiyah Ashaari, the daughter of former Al-Arqam leader Ashaari Muhammad, to the location where she claimed to have been held captive for about a month at the Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB) Holdings Sdn Bhd settlement in Batu Hampar, Perak.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the 41-year-old woman arrived at the Padang Gajah police station in Perak at 11 am to record her statement again regarding her previous allegations, before being taken to the location for identification purposes.
He said Ummu Atiyah’s statement revealed that she was locked up in a house before being sent to her grandmother in Kedah.
“The victim stated that there was no incident of rape, molestation or physical injury while she was locked up. She also attempted to escape but was caught and locked up again,” Razarudin told Bernama.
He said the identification process at the scene went smoothly before the victim was allowed to go home.
The IGP added that the settlement in question had been raided and several children were rescued through a series of Op Global raids that began on Sept 11.
On October 18, Ummu Atiyah who is the eldest daughter of Ashaari who was also known as Abuya, held a press conference during which she claimed she had been raped and abused after being forced into marriage with a GISB leader.
Today, she arrived at GISB location in Batu Hampar, Perak, escorted by five police vehicles from the Taiping district police headquarters.
She was seen leading police officers to the location, believed to be a one-storey house in the settlement, besides several other sites.
She did not speak to reporters who were waiting other than to say, “Thank you, I want to go back to KL” before departing.
Yesterday, Razarudin said police are conducting an investigation into Ummu Atiyah’s allegations of oppression and captivity by GISB members. He added that the woman’s statement had been recorded at the Kuala Sungai Baru police station in Melaka on September 24. – October 20, 2024