[1] Her brother, Vountus Indra Mawan also a former Malaysia national player.

[2] Saniru was accepted at the Bukit Jalil Sports School at the age of 13, then she join the Malaysia national team.

[6][7] She quits the national team in 2013, and started to playing under the Suruhanjaya Perkhidamtan badminton club.

She stated in her resignation letter that she did not get as many opportunities as the other players to compete, and there had been no improvement in her game.

[3][8] In 2015, she took part at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event.