96 parents say the children were “kept” rather than saved

A group of 96 parents detained in attacks against Global Ikhwan Services and Businesses Holdings (GISBH) are demanding the return of their children in the care of the Department of Social Welfare.

The parents, who called themselves “Gerakan Pulangkan Anak-Anak Kami” (GPAAK), argued that both their arrest and the removal of custody of the 174 children were illegal.

Its spokesman, the Bersatu Federal Territory’s information chief, Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, alleged that authorities had failed to save