Loh wants her children to have a brighter future, proper education

KUALA LUMPUR: Single parent Loh Siew Hong wants her kids to grow up like normal children with proper education, so that they can have a better future.

Loh said since her children are staying with her in Kuala Lumpur now, she might need to transfer them to a new school.

“I want to send them to a school nearby but I don't know which one yet.

“I want them to have a good education, so that their future will be bright,” she said.

Loh added that she wanted her three children to lead a life like any normal kid.

“I want to buy things for my children and let them enjoy life.

“They are asking me if I can get them books, colour pencils, clothes and even a comfortable bed.

“Besides, they also hope to get a pocket bicycle and tablet, like any other normal kid,” she said.

On Monday (Feb 21) morning, the Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed Loh's habeas corpus application and ordered the children to be released from the care of the Social Welfare Department and back into her custody and care.

After Loh's divorce in 2019, the High Court previously granted her sole custody of the children.

But a series of unfortunate circumstances, including a hospital stay for injuries allegedly due to domestic abuse, caused Loh to lose contact with her children for about three years.

Loh's ex-husband, an Indian-Muslim convert, had then taken the children to Perlis and arranged for them to be converted to Islam, before he was arrested for a drug offence and sent to Kelantan prison. Loh is a Hindu.