Azizul Raheem Awalludin who was released from prison yesterday is said to arrive in Malaysia from Sweden on July 15 at approximately 5.30pm.

According to Noor Azilah Makhzan, Azizul’s sister-in-law, this Tourism Malaysia official in Sweden who was sent to prison for violating the integrity of his children, is very grateful and overwhelmed with emotions for the release.

Azizul and close family members in Sweden will visit his wife, Shalwati Norshal in the Solna District Court in Stockholm today, where only Azizul is allowed visitation rights.

“Azizul seems to lose a bit of weight but he is healthy. Although there is joy in his eyes but he still misses his wife and kids badly. He can’t wait to be with his four children, mum and dad, his siblings and Shal’s family”, said Noor Azilah.

Azizul and his wife Shalwati were found guilty by the Solna District Court and sent to prison for hitting their four children.

The Solna District Court in Stockholm, Sweden imposed a jail sentence of 10 months on Azizul and 14 months on his wife, Shalwati Norshal for the offence.

However, the court reduced the jail sentence when each of them was required to serve only one-third of their sentences.

Shalwati, a teacher who is on no-pay leave, will only be released in three months' time and the couple's four children, Aishah, 14, Ammar, 12, Adam, 11 and Ariff, 7, who were initially placed under the care of non-Muslims foster parents following the case, were handed over to the Malaysian Embassy in Stockholm on Jan 30.

The couple's children returned to Malaysia on Jan 31 and were placed under the care of their aunty and uncle in Kelantan.