Businessman linked to GISB claims trial in Putrajaya court

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A 39-year-old businessman linked to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd has claimed trial to a charge of criminal intimidation against a woman.  The accused, Mohamad Riza Makar, pleaded not guilty at the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (Sept 18).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/sddFc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Businessman Mohammad Reza Makar on Wednesday claimed trial to a charge of criminal intimidation

00:08against a woman.

00:09The 39-year-old accused pleaded not guilty to the charge at the Putrajaya Magistrates

00:14Court.

00:15The accused is linked to Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holdings, which is being probed

00:20by police for child abuse and sexual crimes.

00:23The accused allegedly threatened the 25-year-old woman at a business complex on September 9th

00:29for refusing to withdraw her police report.

00:32He allegedly told the woman that they knew where she and her family lives.

00:36If convicted, the accused can be jailed for two years or fined or both.

00:41The accused's lawyer said the offense did not involve serious threats and was not linked

00:45to the Global Ikhwan cases that had grabbed headlines.

00:48However, the prosecution said the offense had affected the victim's mental state.

00:53They said the claim that there was no connection to the cases was untrue, as the accused had

00:58stated he is a member of the Global Ikhwan group.

01:02The court allowed bail at 10,000 ringgit with one surety, asked for the accused's passport

01:07to be surrendered, and required him to report to the police station once a month.

01:13On September 11th, police rescued 402 children from care centers in Selangor and Negri Sembilan,

01:20and they also detained 171 suspects, including a teacher and dorm caretakers.

01:26The police said they are investigating allegations that 13 of the rescued children were sodomized.

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