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Family member claims mother, sister being wrongfully detained

A family member of two women who were arrested and convicted of shoplifting has alleged that they are being wrongfully detained.

Singaporean single mother Quek Chin Fern, 42, and her daughter Cheryl Isabella Lim, 18, were sentenced to one day of imprisonment on June 22, after their conviction on the same day at a magistrate’s court in Johor Bahru.

However, Quek’s son, Miguel Lim, 19, told Malaysiakini that his mother and sister are still being imprisoned at Kluang Prison, until now.

Lim managed to speak to his mum, he said, after she was allowed to make a phone call...

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