Its CEO, Nasiruddin Ali, said the cases were previously discussed internally, with GISBH having confirmed that they constituted a legal offence.

However, he did not provide specifics about the nature of the offences or identify the parties involved in the discussions.

“There have indeed been one or two cases of sodomy, but why do you want to generalise them all?” he said in a video posted on his social media account this morning.

On Wednesday, police raided 20 welfare homes in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan which authorities had linked to GISBH.

According to police, 402 children were rescued and investigations showed that at least 13 of them were allegedly sodomised or taught to sexually assault others.

The authorities also arrested 171 people, including an ustaz and a hostel warden.

GISBH has since denied that it operated the welfare homes that were raided and rejected claims that children under its care were sodomised or forced to sexually assault others.

Meanwhile, Nasiruddin denied allegations that GISBH was imparting deviant teachings to children and adolescents in its welfare homes through the company’s doctrine.

He questioned the ease with which such accusations were being spread, saying: “Why is it so easy to accuse us? We are open to discussions and do not harm others. It is regrettable that our way of life is being labelled as deviant.”

Nasiruddin said GISBH planned to appoint a lawyer to pursue legal action against those who have allegedly made false accusations against the organisation.