The suspected local leader of a Southeast Asian terrorist network who allegedly plotted to crash a plane into Singapore's airport has escaped from a detention center in the city-state, authorities said. Mas Selamat Kastari, the leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network, who had escaped from the nearby Whitley Road Detention Centre.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Mas Selamat, who walks with a limp, escaped from the detention centre at 4.05pm. “He is not known to be armed. Extensive police resources have been deployed to track him down,” the MHA said in a statement.
It also advised the public to contact the police at 999 if they know of his whereabouts.
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