Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escaped
from a Singapore detention centre on Wednesday.
A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) says Mas
Selamat escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at
4:05pm.
Mas Selamat was the leader of the Singapore JI network.
MHA says 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.
Anyone with information about him can contact the police at
999.
Mas Selamat was arrested by the Indonesian police on Bintan island
in January 2006 and then sent back to Singapore.
He was wanted by Singapore authorities in connection with planned
attacks on Changi airport. - CNA/ch
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