sg really has patiences and guts to delay the announcement of
arrest by 5 weeks.
In other countries,gavaman just too eager to announce in order
to save
face.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_374034.html
THE Singapore government did not inform the public earlier of
the capture of wanted terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari because of the
need for secrecy, said Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng on
Friday.
It may also compromise operations and jeopardise the sources of
information, said Mr Wong, who is also Home Affairs Minister.
He said the same applied to other terrorist arrests earlier.
The leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah terror network, who
has been on the run for a year after bolting from the Whitley
Detention Centre on Feb 27 last year, was nabbed in the outskirts
of Johor Baru six weeks ago on April 1 and is now being held by the
Malaysian authorities under its Internal Security Act for
interrogation.
Many Singaporeans were surprised and elated over news of his
arrest, which was splashed on the front page of The Straits Times
on Friday. But many also questioned why his capture was not made
public earlier. Some even quipped that the arrest might have been a
belated April Fool's joke.
The Home Affairs Ministry confirmed the arrest on Friday
morning, as did the Malaysian government.
Within hours after the story went up on straitstimes.com, nearly
100 comments were posted by readers.
Wrote forum member merrayell: 'He is the most wanted man in
Singapore, but it took the police to release his capture to the
public only after one month...shouldn't they beat the gong and
announce that Mas Selamat has been captured?'
Asked another member, righting-things: 'The news scoop seems to
be just based on foreign intelligence and confirmed by Malaysian
authorities. Where's the word from our very own authorities?'
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Arrest a blow to JI
Mas Selamat captured
Living life on the run
Swam across Johor straits
