Single mum elated after being allowed to meet her three kids again

BUTTERWORTH: Overcome with emotion, the three kids at the centre of a custody battle were delighted to get to see their mum again.

Their 35-year-old mother, Loh Siew Hong, when contacted by The Star said she was also elated to see her children again.

“It is a feeling I can’t describe – having them in front of me and holding them feels like my prayers have been answered,” she said.

She said she was accompanied by a friend but only she was allowed to visit her children at the welfare home in Jitra.

Loh said prior to her arrival, she stopped at Sungai Petani to buy her children’s favourite food and desserts.

Loh, a chef in Genting Highlands, has legal sole custody of the children but decided to place them under the care of the Perlis Welfare Department until her habeas corpus application is heard at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Feb 21.

However, Loh, who later tried to visit her children, was told by a welfare officer that she could not do so due to an increase in Covid-19 cases in the country.

On Tuesday (Feb 15), Loh received a call from a welfare officer at about 6pm informing her that she could now visit her children once a week.

Loh also said she is baffled by the amount of bureaucracy involved and claimed it was unfair to treat her and her children this way.