" A grandmother who went missing in Genting Highlands a week ago has been found – in Singapore.
The 73-year-old, who suffers from mild dementia and depression, somehow managed to travel more than 400km south and across the border without her passport and bus ticket, and with a handbag containing less than $20 in Singapore currency.
After almost six days of frantic searching, the family of Voon Choot Yin finally found her waiting for them at a police station in Tanglin yesterday.
However, she could not tell them how she made her way back from Genting Highlands. Her sandals, bag and watch were missing.
She was spotted at 3.30am yesterday by Tommy Lin, 34, a resident of Kim Yam Heights in River Valley.
More than five hours later, Voon’s family was asked to pick her up from the Tanglin police division headquarters.
Her granddaughter Susan Koh, 29, and son immediately rushed to bring her home to Bishan.
Voon had arrived at the hill resort in Malaysia last Thursday with five relatives for a short trip, and she went missing from a casino the day after.
The family said it received news on Tuesday from the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur that arrival records showed Madam Voon had entered Singapore on Sunday.
Though mystified, her family was relieved to have her home.
Koh told The Straits Times that one of the first things Voon did when she got home was to take a shower and then a long nap.
All she could remember about her long journey home was that she knew she was lost but needed to return to Singapore "hahaha~ So... what do you think?
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