India charges Zakir Naik with money-laundering

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 3 May 2019 10:05AM · 7 Comments

Mumbai police officers outside the closed office of Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai, India, in July 2016. Zakir Naik, founder and president of IRF, has been charged with money-laundering over assets worth RM113 million. – EPA pic, May 3, 2019.

INDIA has charged controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik with money-laundering over activities surrounding his Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), reports The Hindu.

The charge-sheet against Zakir, which was filed in a Mumbai special court under India’s Prevention of Money Laundering Act, identified criminal assets worth RM113 million.

The charge attached properties with alleged links to Zakir, including investments in mutual funds, properties in India, Dubai and London, and several bank accounts, said the report.

Zakir’s IRF received millions of dollars from 2003 to 2017 from “various dubious, suspicious or unknown sources” under a fund supposedly used for organising conferences, the Indian authorities said.

However, some of the money was found to have been transferred to Zakir’s personal bank accounts in India.

In 2016, India revoked Zakir’s citizenship and declared the Islamic Research Foundation as an “unlawful association”.

He was also denied entry into Canada and Britain in 2012, after reportedly expressing support for terrorist group al-Qaeda and for his speeches which have been blamed for inciting hatred against non-Muslims.

The preacher is currently living in Malaysia, where he was granted a permanent residence in 2012.

Despite an official request from New Delhi, Pakatan Harapan has insisted that the preacher will not be sent back unless he breaks local laws.

Interpol also has issued a red notice for Zakir, whom India accuses of inciting youth to take up terror activities, giving hate speeches and promoting enmity between communities. – May 3, 2019.

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  • Malaysia Boleh. Laughingstock

    Posted 5 years ago by Concerned Citizen · Reply

  • tunggu apa lagi..Boss ku..

    Posted 5 years ago by The Lone Ranger ... · Reply

  • Please send this time bomb back to where he belong. PH ministers protect him with petsonal favour are abusing their power. why ph government dont investigate where he got his millions in malaysia and for what purpose? Money laundry and terrorism?

    Posted 5 years ago by Billy Yap · Reply

  • Malaysian govt Should NOT HARBOUR TERRORIST as Malaysia is Peacefull Multi racial Country.The person or organisation that gave Citizenship to Terrorist should be CHARGED for putting Innocent lives in DANGER .

    Posted 5 years ago by Mindy Singh · Reply

  • What more does the Ministers want U are Harboring a Terrorist a Criminal. To Hell with him so what he is a Muslim big deal coming in soon?

    Posted 5 years ago by Danial Abdullah · Reply

  • Send the plastics back to Australia. Send the thrash back to India.

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • While we r charging many people in Malaysia on money laundering, but r not willing to extradite Naik back to India for the similar charge. Are we acting with sanity?

    Posted 5 years ago by James Wong · Reply