PUTRAJAYA, October 23 — Police have identified the four people who allegedly kidnapped and mistreated Ummu Atiyah Ashaari, the daughter of the late Ashaari Muhammad, founder of the banned al-Arqam sect.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said efforts were now being made to locate them.

“We conducted an investigation and identified four suspects. One suspect has been clearly identified, while efforts are still underway to locate the other three,” he told reporters when met at the Interior Ministry today.

He also said police would investigate reports of individuals monitoring shelters to learn the locations of children rescued from welfare homes linked to GISB Holdings (GISBH).

Earlier in the day, GISBH director-general Datuk Nasiruddin Mohd Ali and his wife Azura Md Yusof, along with 20 others, were charged by the Selayang Court for membership in an organized crime group.

All 22 are accused of committing the offense at the GISBH premises in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, between October 2020 and September 11, 2024.

The defendants, aged between 27 and 72, were charged under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code, which carries a prison term of five to 20 years, upon conviction.

Linked to the banned Al-Arqam sect, GISBH is at the heart of a nationwide child sex abuse and human trafficking scandal that has horrified the country.