Mas Selamat Kastari Reportedly Arrested in Malaysia

• SBS2601D

  8 May 09, 21:42

  I accidentally read the title as:

  "Mas Selamat Kastari Repeatedly Arrested in Malaysia"

• skythewood

  8 May 09, 21:44

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  And if they cannot explain the reasons in length why they delayed the announcement but just attritbute it to "secrecy reasons", it's unacceptable.

  well, alot of unacceptable stuff happens in the USA, with the CIA.

  They can delay the announcement in an effort to catch more bad guys, by getting info of of MSK, and not letting the other bad guys knows that MSK already captured. tactical reason.

  Again wild guess. no source.

• Honeybunz

  8 May 09, 21:45

  Originally posted by charlize:

  So where will he be housed now that he has been caught again?

   

  Can't be the same detention centre right?

  I hope they house him in WKS's house.  Let WKS watch him.

• Whatdatoot

  8 May 09, 21:47

  when he come back the police will have a good time bashing him

• Rock^Star

  8 May 09, 21:52

  yeh u said wild guess lol.

   

  radar only detect bigger objects yes...so qn is what flotation device he used? I mean borders are long and difficult to guard but there must be accountability still on how he managed to escape not once but twice.

• SBS2601D

  8 May 09, 21:52

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  yeh u said wild guess lol.

   

  radar only detect bigger objects yes...so qn is what flotation device he used? I mean borders are long and difficult to guard but there must be accountability still on how he managed to escape not once but twice.

  
  Maybe he had a submersible in his disposal.

• Rock^Star

  8 May 09, 21:55

  ST said:

   

  "Intelligence provided by Singapore's Internal Security Department late last year led to a joint operation between Malaysia and Singapore's security agencies that eventually saw them arresting Mas Selamat in Johor in April."

   

  The Star (Msia) said:

   

  "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."

   

  LOL.

• Rock^Star

  8 May 09, 22:13

  Hishammuddin confirms Mas Selamat's capture

   

  PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Friday (8 May) confirmed that Mas Selamat Kastari, the suspected leader of the Jemaah Islamiah militant group who escaped from a Singapore detention centre last year, has been caught in Malaysia.

  "Yes, I can confirm that he is under our detention and is being investigated right now. But I can't go into the detail because this is a sensitive issue which involves three parties namely Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

   

  "It also involves intelligence agencies of the three governments and it is something that I do not want to jeopardise," he told a news conference here.

   

  Malaysian authorities would ensure that Mas Selamat would not escape for the second time, he said.

   

  Meanwhile in JOHOR BAHRU, sources told Bernama that Mas Selamat was arrested in an operation by the Johor police about a month ago.

   

  Bernama was informed that special branch police officers arrested Mas Selamat near Skudai, about 25km from Johor Bahru city.

  "We know that he has relatives staying in Skudai," the source, who is familiar with the operation to nab the JI leader, told Bernama.

  Mas Selamat had been the subject of a massive manhunt after he slipped out of the Whitley Road maximum security detention centre in Singapore on Feb 27 last year.

   

  He was alleged to have masterminded a plot to hijack a jetliner and crash it into Singapore's Changi Airport.

   

  He fled Singapore in 2001 but was captured by the Indonesian police on Bintan Island in 2006 and sent to the city-state.

   

  Bernama was also informed that Mas Selamat was arrested under the Internal Security Act but he was still in police custody and had not been sent to the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping, Perak where ISA detainees are held. (Bernama)

  My Sinchew 2009.05.08
• skythewood

  8 May 09, 22:17

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  ST said:

   

  "Intelligence provided by Singapore's Internal Security Department late last year led to a joint operation between Malaysia and Singapore's security agencies that eventually saw them arresting Mas Selamat in Johor in April."

   

  The Star (Msia) said:

   

  "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."

   

  LOL.

  This means SG didn't know how indo helped. malaysia got more secrets with indo, and is not sharing with SG

• Pitot

  8 May 09, 22:19

  or it could just be a simple mistake from the reporter.

• Rock^Star

  8 May 09, 22:30

  it does look like sg being on the backlash of public opinion, is eager to win back faith and support.

• Tigosing

  8 May 09, 22:50

  MAS u are the BEST.

  care to join the opposit party went u ran out again.

  may the force be with U.

  ran u must hide u will........ master yoda..

  W c sing is time u promote again to SM (sperm man.)

  ur sticky 1 really work  well done.

  u done it again now time to talk BIG BIG.

  SHAME ON U AND UR PIG TEAM.

• Medicated Oil

  8 May 09, 22:53

  It is a fact that some bodies screwed up.

  There is not a case of winning any support and faith back as I know there are none in the first place.

  It will be interesting to see who are rushing forward to hog the lime light and claim shameless credit for the work that they never done or no one can verified.

  It will be more exciting when the press report across the straits are compared side and side.

  Another case of when-mas-escape-people-are-complacent and I-am-taking-all-the-credit-when-mas-is-arrested.

• annoy-you-must

  8 May 09, 23:27

  Is it just me, or is the Straits Times today full of self-praise for our government and the ISD?

  It was intelligence provided by the ISD played a key role that lead the malaysian authorities to be able to capture the fugutive?

  Please larh, so boastful for what? it's like me finding a cockroach at the corner of my house, and yet is unable to catch it, so i ask my sister to catch it for me and then claiming credit for getting rid of the cockroach.

  and then it was mentioned that how it was the our authorities' relentless and never-giving-up spirit that paid off and contributed to his capture, despite strong criticism from singaporeans. this is like...so damn thick skin can?

  it the first place it was our authorities that allowed him to escape. period. end of topic. helping malaysian police is what we should do for allowing him to escape in the first place, and our news paper should stop being so thick-skin by trying to claim credit for his capture. so damn malu lah.

  and...how many times have they mentioned in the news paper and on the news that '...and he planned to crash a plane into changi airport, but our police prevented him...'?

  Hear until i sick liao leh!

• Yxxxone

  9 May 09, 00:04

  Sharing of intelligence between 3 countries help nabbed Mas Selamat
  

  http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/8/nation/20090508084657&sec=nation

  Fugitive Mas Selamat nabbed
  By LOURDES CHARLES
  
  KUALA LUMPUR: 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 with 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 of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) in Singapore was arrested.
  
  Police also seized documents and other paraphernalia that allegedly revealed 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 have 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 year.
  
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• skythewood

  9 May 09, 00:06

  Originally posted by annoy-you-must:

  Is it just me, or is the Straits Times today full of self-praise for our government and the ISD?

  It was intelligence provided by the ISD played a key role that lead the malaysian authorities to be able to capture the fugutive?

  Please larh, so boastful for what? it's like me finding a cockroach at the corner of my house, and yet is unable to catch it, so i ask my sister to catch it for me and then claiming credit for getting rid of the cockroach.

  and then it was mentioned that how it was the our authorities' relentless and never-giving-up spirit that paid off and contributed to his capture, despite strong criticism from singaporeans. this is like...so damn thick skin can?

  it the first place it was our authorities that allowed him to escape. period. end of topic. helping malaysian police is what we should do for allowing him to escape in the first place, and our news paper should stop being so thick-skin by trying to claim credit for his capture. so damn malu lah.

  and...how many times have they mentioned in the news paper and on the news that '...and he planned to crash a plane into changi airport, but our police prevented him...'?

  Hear until i sick liao leh!

  haha, full of self praise meh? i think it mentioned like a few lines only... If the headline is "SG intel nabs MAS" that is super self praise...

• Yxxxone

  9 May 09, 00:07

  Was WKS kept in the dark over MSK arrest?

  http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/05/was-wong-kan-seng-kept-in-the-dark/

  Was Wong Kan Seng kept in the dark?
  
  Friday, 8 May 2009, 10:20 pm | 20 views
  
  
  
  IF Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng knew about Mas Selamat’s arrest on April Fool’s Day, he did not show it.
  
  In a speech he made on 15th April this year at the ISD Intelligence Service Promotion Ceremony, he implored the organisation to continue the hunt for the terrorist, as if he was still hiding in the jungle.
  
  Below is an excerpt of the speech (full version can be read here), where he spoke explicitly on the issue of Mas Selamat:

  I know that the past year has been a particularly difficult one for ISD. You had to face the reality that security lapses led to the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari. I know that ISD officers, more than any one else, were deeply pained over this. Years of hard, gruelling work that led to the successful disruption of terrorist plots and the capture of numerous terrorists were set back by that lapse. Years of quiet work in the background successfully dealing with potentially explosive race and religious incidents, espionage and other security threats, have been overshadowed.
  
  
  It has been and continues to be a testing time for the Department. I understand that at one time or another, officers from all the various commands have been deployed to work on the case which for some, involved taking on an entirely new type of assignment for the first time in their career. I have been regularly updated on the Department’s efforts to track Mas Selamat Kastari down. I have no doubt of your determination. I have confidence that with patience – which has always been a virtue of the Department – we will recapture him. The keen sense of fellowship and camaraderie among ISD officers, of being one family through thick and thin, that I have seen particularly during this trying episode, will see you through this, and make all of you even stronger.
  
  Most importantly, I am happy to see that ISD officers have not allowed the setback to dishearten or distract you from your mission of countering the multi-faceted security threats we face. Even as you continue to hunt for Mas Selamat Kastari, you have been equally unrelenting in monitoring and tackling other security threats, at times, I know, stretching yourselves beyond the limits.
  

  So did Minister Wong Kan Seng know about Mas Selamat’s capture? And if so, why did he deliberately give the impression that the hunt for the fugitive is still on? Does this imply that he is deliberately misleading the entire ISD?
  
  Or worse still, is this truly an indication that even the Home Affairs Minister himself has been kept in the dark about the arrest?
  
  
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• sbs8104h

  9 May 09, 00:09

  what??????

• 333225520

  9 May 09, 00:32

  Originally posted by Yxxxone:

  
  Or worse still, is this truly an indication that even the Home Affairs Minister himself has been kept in the dark about the arrest?
  

  Our highly paid Home Affairs Minister very busy with dunno what. When MSK escape not his fault cause he dunno anything, and when MSK is captured, he also dunno anything.

• Fantagf

  9 May 09, 01:28

  Heard radio news reported that they refused to give details on how Mas Selamat was captured.  

  A couple of question marks on this case  -   how was it possible he can easily escape?     why refuse to give details on how Mas Selamat was captured?

  May be the govt allowed Selamat to go for holidays/take a break for a year then come back to Singapore.   Ha h a ha ha.

• Fantagf

  9 May 09, 01:29

  So did Minister Wong Kan Seng know about Mas Selamat’s capture? And if so, why did he deliberately give the impression that the hunt for the fugitive is still on? Does this imply that he is deliberately misleading the entire ISD?

  Thought by now we all know PAP are excellent in acting.

• Hawk Eye

  9 May 09, 01:34

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  So did Minister Wong Kan Seng know about Mas Selamat’s capture? And if so, why did he deliberately give the impression that the hunt for the fugitive is still on? Does this imply that he is deliberately misleading the entire ISD?

  Thought by now we all know PAP are excellent in acting.

  For this, maybe i can understand why they keep it from us and revealed later. For WKS, i'm sure that he already knows the capture of MSK but just pretend only lor. To give us the impression that he is either still in singapore or still not in singapore.

   

  I don't expect them to tell us to much about his escape or capture. As you know, PAP afraid of lose face. By telling us how he escape, it tells us the "capability" of their whatever ISD, ISA, detention center kind of shit!

• Fantagf

  9 May 09, 01:41

  Originally posted by Hawk Eye:

  For this, maybe i can understand why they keep it from us and revealed later. For WKS, i'm sure that he already knows the capture of MSK but just pretend only lor. To give us the impression that he is either still in singapore or still not in singapore.

   

  I don't expect them to tell us to much about his escape or capture. As you know, PAP afraid of lose face. By telling us how he escape, it tells us the "capability" of their whatever ISD, ISA, detention center kind of shit!

  True, they have to save face.    In a country where democracy is practised, people would demand answers from their govt already.   So can further confirm why the old senile lee refuses democracy

• Chew Bakar

  9 May 09, 01:42

  Originally posted by Hawk Eye:

  For this, maybe i can understand why they keep it from us and revealed later. For WKS, i'm sure that he already knows the capture of MSK but just pretend only lor. To give us the impression that he is either still in singapore or still not in singapore.

   

  I don't expect them to tell us to much about his escape or capture. As you know, PAP afraid of lose face. By telling us how he escape, it tells us the "capability" of their whatever ISD, ISA, detention center kind of shit!

  Some poor excuses when he escaped and now talk big. So useless.

• Fantagf

  9 May 09, 01:46

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Some poor excuses when he escaped and now talk big. So useless.

  
  Ha ha ha ha, so laughable.     They have to take care of the super ego of theirs