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Source:
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Ministry of Home Affairs News Release on Mas
Selamat bin Kastari |
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Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat
bin Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at 4:05 pm on
27 Feb 2008. |
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The public is advised to immediately contact
the Police at 999 if they know of his whereabouts. |
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Mas Selamat was the leader of the Singapore
JI network. He walks with a limp and is presently at large. He is not
known to be armed. Extensive police resources have been deployed to
track him down. |
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Source:
www.mha.gov.sg Press Release
27 Feb 2008 |
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Subsequent News |
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Escape Of JI Detainee Mas Selamat From Detention - Comments by Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng in
Parliament, 28 February 2008 |
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There has been a security lapse at the Whitley Road Detention Centre,
which allowed Mas Selamat to escape. He was taken out of his cell to go
to the family visitation room to wait for his family. He requested to go
to the toilet and escaped. This should never have happened. I am sorry
that it has. |
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An independent investigation is underway. We should not speculate now.
Security at the centre has been stepped up. |
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Mas Selamat is a security threat which is why he was placed under
preventive detention. However, there is no information that he has any
plans that threaten public safety. Nevertheless, we are not taking any
chances. |
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Our security agencies assessed that he was of no imminent danger
to the public. The focus then was to lockdown the immediate
vicinity of the detention centre and start a systematic search.
The priority is to find and arrest Mas Selamat. No efforts will be
spared to track him down. Security at our land, sea and air
checkpoints have been tightened, including areas where there may
be a possibility that he may leave from places which are not the
normal checkpoints. |
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In the meantime, I urge the public to stay calm and to report any
suspicious sightings to the Police immediately. Anyone who renders
assistance to him is committing a grave offence. |
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
28 February 2008
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Source:
www.mha.gov.sg Press Release
28 Feb 2008 |
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