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Abuse survivor’s ordeal sheds light on Malaysia ‘unilateral conversions’

Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong was separated from her three children when her abusive husband took them away and converted them to Islam without her blessing.

GOMBAK (MALAYSIA) – Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong says her husband brutally abused her, battering her over the head and breaking her ankle, before running off with their children and converting them to Islam.

After a long legal battle, Loh was finally reunited with her 14-year-old twin daughters and 11-year-old son in February when a court ruled in her favour.

But the ordeal has taken a heavy toll.

“It was torture for me,” the 35-year-old told AFP of the long period separated from her children.

“I used to wonder whether my children had enough food and enough…

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