All stops pulled out in search for fugitive

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Don’t spec­u­late how he escaped, the author­i­ties say ‘all stops are being pulled’ to rein in accused ter­ror mas­ter­mind Mas Sela­mat Kas­tari. Says Chan­nel­newsa­sia: “With the tight secu­rity pres­ence, Sin­ga­pore­ans are gen­er­ally con­fi­dent this cri­sis will soon be resolved.” Add to that, “and the jams at the cause­way will soon clear up”.

At least now we know there’s an ISD deten­tion cen­tre in the vicin­ity of Whit­ley Road where they’re busy patch­ing up the escape hatch in the toi­let. Mean­while, ‘all stops being pulled’ should be taken to mean that all agen­cies that are capa­ble of help­ing are on the job: SCDF, SPF, SAF, SMRT, MHA, MOM and MCYS.

Secu­rity guards at con­do­mini­ums, I hope, will also be doing more than wav­ing you past the guard­house as long as you mut­ter your “friend’s apart­ment num­ber” as your entry pass­word.

Tech­no­rati Tags: Mas Sela­mat Kas­tari, JI, al-qaeda, Sin­ga­pore, escape