Father of Singaporean woman held for radicalism regrets not reporting her

After Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari was arrested, her father found documents in her room with information about moving to Syria, including how to get tickets.PHOTO: PEOPLE.BAYT.COM.

SINGAPORE: The father of the first woman detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA) regrets not reporting his daughter to the authorities.

Syaikh Abdu Manaf Al Ansari said Monday night that he and his wife had questioned Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari in late 2014, after noticing she had started dressing in black and wearing the niqab, a facial veil which reveals only the eyes. She was also using the Islamic State (IS) flag as her WhatsApp display picture, he said.