THE BOYFRIEND of a deported mother from Lockwood has vowed: "As God is my witness, I'm going to do what I can to save that woman."
Simon Ackroyd, a community building caretaker for Kirklees Council, is looking to marry Siti Hassan, who was returned to Malaysia on Saturday.
The 30-year-old failed asylum seeker and her two young boys, Rajael and Irfa, are currently living in a women's refuge in the Malaysian city Selangor.
Mr Ackroyd, 40, who first met Miss Hassan 20 months ago said: "It was a case of `I want to be with Siti but I'm not ready for the commitment.' We can carry on being together, we know we're happy together so let's just plod on'."
But unfortunately for the couple, time ran out.
On Sunday, March 12, Home Office officials smashed down Miss Hassan's front door and removed her in handcuffs in front of her children.
She called Mr Ackroyd, who rushed to the scene only to be warned off by officers.
Mr Ackroyd said: "She was treated like a villain or a criminal. At that point I felt sick."
From there Miss Hassan was taken to a removal centre in Bedfordshire where Mr Ackroyd claims she was treated "barbarically".
"They manhandled her onto the plane in front of her kids."
He said one of the individuals transporting Siti barked racist abuse at her.
"They were trying to make her more and more upset and irate.
"They found it necessary to twist her arm round her back until they nearly broke it.
"They knelt on her back and someone dug a thumbnail into her neck.
"She cried and begged not to go."
Mr Ackroyd just wants to get his partner back and as soon as possible.
"She's got a good sense of humour, she's cute, the way she talks and her mannerisms.
"She's very humble, respectful, and she's caring, loving and a good mother.
"I've found someone that understands me.
"That's my goal, to free her from what they have done to her."
But he is fearful for her safety in Malaysia's strict Islamic society.
He said she faced being ostracised because her children were both mixed-race and non-Muslim.
"That unfortunately means people are outcast," he said. "Women have been murdered for having children like Siti's or if they have children that are deemed as being shamed, they have to cover the child's face.
"People ask questions out there when they see something that's not of the norm.
"They will question because they feel it's their right.
"They're aliens in effect. Somebody, a Government body or police, they could probably arrest her and give her a very hard time.
"They might even want to get her out of the country because they will say the children don't belong."
A marriage should allow Miss Hassan to return to England and live with Mr Ackroyd in Lockwood.
