He hid in Singapore for four days
This is already past, but just would like to put in on record; chronicle file. This is a look into the mind of a escaping fugitive… will someone duplicate the effort? ----- MAS SELAMAT'S ESCAPE Mas Selamat managed to evade arrest — despite having thousands of security personnel looking for him. TODAY FILE PHOTO JOHOR BARU — Despite a massive manhunt that was launched immediately following his escape, Mas Selamat Kastari managed to remain in Singapore undetected for four days, according to a Bernama report. It was only on the night of the fourth day after he slipped out of the Whitley Road Detention Centre on Feb 27 last year that Mas Selamat reached Woodlands, the report, quoting a source familiar with operation to nab the Jemaah Islamiyah fugitive, said yesterday. Mas Selamat, who walks with a limp, apparently hid himself in several places before reaching Woodlands. From there, he was believed to have swum cross the Tebrau Strait towards Stulang Laut in Johor Baru under the cover of darkness, the source added. "He used the buoy lights, which mark the border at the Tebrau Strait, as his guide to reach the place where he thought he could find a refuge," he said. The question of how Mas Selamat managed to evade arrest — despite having thousands of security personnel looking for him in Singapore — remains unanswered for now. "It is still a puzzle how he managed to avoid arrest and travel up to Woodlands, which is not a short distance from Whitley Road. "Perhaps, we will be able to know later whether he had walked to Woodlands or used public transport, and the route he had taken to reach Woodlands," the source told Bernama. Apart from the usual tight security at the Woodlands checkpoint, the Singapore authorities had also stepped up security in Tebrau Strait in anticipation of Mas Selamat making a dash across the narrow waterway. The Singapore Police Coast Guard, for example, stationed boats in every kilometre along the sea border, said the source. The search for Mas Selamat, now 48, finally ended on April 1 when he was captured by the Malaysian Special Branch at a kampung house in Skudai, Johor. He remains in the custody of the Malaysian authorities at an undisclosed location. From TODAY, News – Thursday, 14-May-2009
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