KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — The Malaysian who tried to ram through a security check point at Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Ministry does not have a valid passport, according to the Malaysian High Commission there.
But the discovery raises questions about how teacher Nurul Ruhana Ishak was able to bypass Malaysian Immigration checks on this side of the border.
“Currently, we do not have any information on how she could have passed through both checkpoints without being stopped,” Deputy High Commissioner Kamsiah Kamaruddin told The Straits Times in Singapore yesterday.
Nurul Ruhana was arrested on January 20 after she attempted to force her way into the compound of the Singapore ministry in her vehicle.
She was able to slip past Singapore immigration control at the Woodlands checkpoint by tailing another exiting car when officers were distracted.
Nurul Ruhana had managed to depart the area before a lockdown was put in place after she was discovered missing.
She is currently being held for criminal trespass on the island republic, where she is receiving aid from the Malaysian High Commission.
The High Commission said Singapore authorities did not discover incriminating evidence on her during the arrest, and added that the woman who is believed to suffer from mental issues has refused to communicate.
