SINGAPORE, Jan 21 — Police arrested a 27-year-old Malaysian woman on Monday at the compound of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for criminal trespass.
The woman is also being investigated for evading immigration clearance. Local television Channel NewsAsia reported the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the police as saying in a joint statement that the woman has a history of mental illness.
With the assistance of the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore and the Malaysian police, ICA and the police have contacted the woman’s next-of-kin in Malaysia, and they are on their way to Singapore to assist with investigations.
The statement said the woman is under police custody, and investigations are on-going.
According to preliminary investigations, the woman entered Singapore in a Malaysian-registered car on January 17 through the Woodlands Checkpoint at about 1.58pm.
She left the checkpoint at 2pm.
The authorities said the woman had managed to leave the checkpoint without being stopped as the officers-in-charge did not immediately raise the alarm. — Bernama
