Loh's children wish to be with their mum, video reveals
In the video taken when Loh visited her children on Saturday morning in Jitra, Kedah, the single mother can be seen asking her children their names and who they would like to be with.
The children were affectionate with their mother, as they...
Contrary to the views expressed by the Perlis mufti, Loh Siew Hong's three children have communicated their wish to be with their mother, a video recording revealed.
In the video taken when Loh visited her children on Saturday morning (Feb 19) in Jitra, Kedah, the single mother can be seen asking her children their names and who they would like to be with.
The children were affectionate with their mother, as they identified themselves by their Hindu names, and told Loh they wanted to stay with her.
Loh had met her 14-year-old twins and 10-year-old son at the Asrama Akhlak, an institution under the Social Welfare Department.
The recording dismisses Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin's earlier claims that the children did not want to go back to living with their mother.
Habeas corpus application allowed
Loh is overjoyed today as the Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning allowed her habeas corpus application against the Welfare Department and an ustazah (female religious teacher) who took care of the children at one point.
Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said an earlier court order which granted sole custody of the children to Loh should not be treated with impunity on pain of contempt of court.
“The three children are to be released forthwith to the sole custody, care and control of the applicant (Loh),” Sequerah ruled.
‘All I want is to be a good mother’
Met in Jitra after her meeting with her children, Loh said she is uncertain when she would be allowed to see her children again.
"But I do not want to pressure, confuse or hurt them anymore, they have been through so much," she told Malaysiakini.
"Any decision regarding their faith will only be decided when they turn 18.
"All I want to be now is a good mother who will raise them well with much love and care," she added.
After escaping years of marital abuse, Loh went on a roller coaster ride to find her children, lodging nine police reports and finally obtained full custody of them.
Despite this, she was barred from taking her children home with her where she planned to raise them while working as a chef in a hotel in Genting Highlands.
When she eventually found her children in 2021, they had been unilaterally converted to Islam without her consent, and placed under the care of Islamic NGOs.
Her former husband is serving a two-year prison sentence for a drug-related offence in Machang, Kelantan. He is expected to be released in November.
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