A 23-year-old woman, believed to be a foreign national, is the latest suspect to be arrested to help police in the investigation into the murder of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.

Bernama reported today that the woman, who is the fifth suspect to be detained, was picked up at midnight last night at a Ramadan Bazaar in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, where she worked as a sales assistant at a stall selling clothes.

She is said to have been responsible for feeding Nurin Jazlin during the period the girl was apparently held captive between the time she disappeared on Aug 20 near her home in Wangsa Maju here and her body was found stuffed in a sports bag in Petaling Jaya on Sept 17.

Bukit Aman CID Director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee confirmed the arrest of the woman.

She was detained by policemen from the Serious Crimes Division of the Kuala Lumpur Police headquarters and Petaling Jaya District Police and taken immediately to Bukit Aman for questioning.

Collapsed outside court

The police brought her to the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court at noon today and obtained an order from Judge Maimunah Aid to remand her for seven days.

The woman, who was clad in a yellow blouse with batik design and brown long pants, collapsed at the doorway of the court apparently upon seeing the many reporters and photographers as she was being led into the court by two policewomen. The policewomen immediately lifted her up and carried her into the court.

Judge Maimunah issued the remand order at 12.30 pm after an application was made by investigating officer ASP Loh Pei Pei.

On Thursday night, police arrested four men and a woman, aged between 27 and 33 years, in three raids in Section 7, Shah Alam. They released the woman but obtained a seven-day remand order on the men.

Nurin Jazlin was reported missing after she had gone alone to a night market near her home in Section 1, Wangsa Maju, here on Aug 20.

On Sept 17, her nude body was found stuffed into a sports bag that was left in front of a shoplot in Petaling Jaya.