KUALA LUMPUR – Aida Najwa Nasir, whose request to travel interstate to meet her sick father was supposedly rejected, claims she was not even allowed into the police station after personnel manning the front post turned her away.
Speaking to The Vibes, the 26-year-old fresh graduate said she had to go through the police sentry first, where every application is initially screened, before being allowed into the premises.
Her response follows a statement by Cheras deputy district police chief Annas Sulaiman on Friday claiming there is no record of Aida’s interstate travel application on April 17.
“If the officers feel my application can be approved after looking at my documents, only then would they ask me to scan via MySejahtera.
“However, at the time, my request was rejected at the post. So, obviously I didn’t scan to check in,” she said yesterday.
“Insya-Allah, I’ll get through this, but I’m just sad and taken aback that the police would accuse me of lying about coming to the station, as though I am making all this up.”
In a Facebook post, Aida had shared heartbreaking news of her father’s death on April 28, claiming she was not able to say her final goodbyes as the police had not approved her travel application to travel from here to Nilai, Negri Sembilan, on April 17.
Aida had said, among other things, that the police had asked if her aunt, who usually takes her father – Nasir Nordin – to hospital, was dead, and questioned why her family did not just book for a Grab service for the 52-year-old.
Despite explaining her father’s disability, she said the police were adamant in denying her approval to travel.
In a statement on Friday, Annas had said that, based on checks at the Salak South police station, there was no information of Aida checking in via the MySejahtera app or signing the visitor’s log book on April 17.
He said there was also no record of her interstate travel application on that date, although he claimed the police had granted Aida approval to drive across state lines on four different occasions this year.
Aida, the eldest of three siblings, said following the incident, many of her relatives were saddened that certain quarters had attempted to twist her words and accused her of lying.
She even received online abuse following the police’s statement.
Aida said although she was initially angry at the police for rejecting her interstate travel request, she understood that the authorities are merely doing their job.
“My anger has toned down, because I believe Abah was fated to die on that day. But I’m just disappointed at how the police have treated me.
“I am not at fault. I will clear my name,” she said.
On how she would do this, Aida said she would make her Facebook post – which she had turned private – public again, and provide a detailed explanation over what happened to avoid further confusion. – The Vibes, May 3, 2021
