Kedah Welfare Department to follow Child Act 2001 when dealing with children of woman seeking their return

ALOR STAR – The Kedah Social Welfare Department will implement the procedures laid out by the Child Act 2001 in relation to Loh Siew Hong’s three children, who are now under the custody of the Taman Sinar Harapan children’s home in Jitra, Kedah.

Its director Shaballah Zainal Abidin, however, refused to elaborate further on the matter, saying that the department will follow the stipulated act in handling the case of the three children.

Shaballah said this when asked whether the department needed to produce the children at the Kuala Lumpur High Court at the hearing of Loh’s habeas corpus application on February 21.

Loh filed a habeas corpus application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on February 13 to compel the return of her three children into her custody, as she alleges that they are being held illegally by the Perlis Islamic Religious Affairs Department.

Her counsel Shamsher Singh Thind will be seeking for the application to be heard urgently this week as Loh is worried that her children may go missing the longer she waits.

https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/54222/mother-files-habeas-corpus-to-force-return-of-children-from-perlis-religious-dept

Loh had later agreed with the Social Welfare Department to have interim custody of her children, pending the habeas corpus hearing. – The Vibes, February 15, 2022

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