KUALA
LUMPUR: Fugitive suspected Singaporean terrorist Mas Selamat
Kastari has been arrested by Malaysian police.
It is
learnt the fugitive, who escaped from a Singapore maximum security
detention centre on Feb 27, 2008 was arrested in Johor together
with two others by Special Branch officers following intelligence
sharing between the police forces of Indonesia and
Singapore.
Sources
said police here who had been on high alert for the suspected
terrorist since his escape had gathered intelligence from their
counterparts that Mas Selamat was hiding in Johor and was planning
to create unrest in several countries in the region.
A massive
operation was launched by the Special Branch with the help of other
police departments here.
The
month-long operation paid off when Mas Selamat who is said to be
the leader for the jemaah Islamiah (JI) in Singapore was
arrested.
Police
also seized documents and other paraphernalia that allegedly showed
of their planned operation.
Inspector
General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan confirmed the
arrest.
"We are in
touch with our international counterparts who were informed about
the arrest as well as about what we learnt.
"Our
officers are still investigating their activities and networking,"
he added.
Mas
Selamat was arrested in February 2006 and was sent to Singapore for
investigations before he escaped in February last
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