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Essay On Mas Selamat

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The escape of Mas Selamat was one of the major political scandals that occurred in Singapore, which involved the one and only prison break of a highly dangerous terrorist.
Mas Selamat bin Kastari began his involvement in terrorism in the early 90s when he joined a precursor movement to the Jemaah Islamiah (also known as the JI) group. An Indonesian-born Singaporean, he headed to Afghanistan for training, where he devoted his time and attention to gaining knowledge of the Taliban system of governance in his early thirties. He was also suspected to have devised the plot to bomb Singapore Changi Airport in January 2002, followed by the planning of hijacking a plane scheduled from Bangkok and crashing it into Singapore Changi Airport. He was …show more content…

Being cautious, he kept little contact with the villagers after moving into the village and will occassionally tend the compound's garden.
On 1 April 2009, Mas Selamat was arrested by the Malaysian authorities in Johor. The operation consisting personnel from Royal Malaysian Police, Special Branch and Special Actions unit broke through the doors and rushed into the house when Mas Selamat refused to surrender when ordered by the team. The news was then announced to the public through the Singapore media on 8 May 2009, which later was confirmed by both the Singapore and Malaysian governments. Mas Selamat was being held under the Internal Security Act by the Malaysian government, based on the ground that Mas Selamat was scheming a plan leading to the arrest.
Mas Selamat was deported back to Singapore for detention under the Internal Security Act on 24 September 2010.
What has attributed to Mas Selamat successful arrest was the sharing of intelligence reports among the involved parties (Malaysia Special Brand and

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