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Friday, 29 February 2008 @ 14:22
Jemaah Islamiah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat Kastari, 45, escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at 4.05pm yesterday and, at press time, was on the run.
The police immediately mounted a massive manhunt in the area.
It is understood that checks were also made at the Tuas and Woodlands immigration checkpoints.
Mas Selamat, who walks with a limp, is not known to be armed, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a press release yesterday.
He had led the Singapore JI network and was among five JI members detained here under the Internal Security Act in 2006.
He had even plotted to hit Changi Airport with a hijacked plane.
Gurkhas and armed officers with red berets, wearing bullet-proof vests, with kukris around their waists and holding revolvers, lined Malcolm Road, Mount Rosie Road, Mount Pleasant Road and Whitley Road.
There were also more than 20 police vehicles along those roads, including Special Operations Command vehicles, fast response saloon cars, Toyota Hi-Lux sport utility vehicles and blue buses.
The New Paper also spotted police along the Pan-Island Expressway towards Onraet Road.
The public have been advised to immediately call the police on 999 if they know of Mas Selamat's whereabouts.
Who is Mas Selamat Kastari?
- He was Singapore's most wanted man when he was on the run from December 2001 to February 2006.
- Former head of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist cell here.
- Wanted to crash a hijacked plane into Changi Airport. Other targets: US personnel and naval vessels, the Defence Ministry, water pipelines from Malaysia, US Embassy and the American Club.
- Joined Singapore JI around 1992. Had military training in Afghanistan in 1993. Returned in 1998 to study Taliban system of government.
- After 2001 crackdown, went on run to different places in South-east Asia. Arrested in Tanjong Pinang, Indonesia, in 2003.
- In and out of jail until final arrest in 2006 in Java. Deported to Singapore soon after that.
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