Malaysian police said Monday they have rescued 187 more children and raided locations nationwide linked to an Islamic business group that is being investigated for alleged sexual assault of children.

Malaysian authorities announced the arrest of 171 suspects and the rescue of 402 children following a raid on several welfare homes connected to an Islamic business group.

A Malaysian man, who authorities say is linked to an Islamic conglomerate accused of running charity homes where children were allegedly abused, was charged with criminal intimidation in court on Wednesday,

Some family members of the late Ashaari Mohamad, who headed the Islamic sect Al Arqam, which was deemed heretical and banned by the government in 1994, were also named on the list. Global Ikhwan was founded by Ashaari and flourished after his death in 2010.

Malaysian police on Thursday arrested the chief executive of a company allegedly linked to a cult that is under investigation over accusations of physical and sexual abuse involving hundreds of children.