His escape triggered a huge manhunt, but a flood of tips from the public, some inspired by a bounty of one million Singapore dollars , US dollars put up by two local businessmen, turned out to be false alarms.
The affair made the strict city-state an object of ridicule and triggered a sweeping review of security measures. Mas Selamat had not been formally charged at the time of his escape, and was being held under Singapore's Internal Security Act which -- like the Malaysian equivalent -- allows for detention without trial.
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said Mas Selamat had been captured in a joint operation between Malaysian police and Singapore's Internal Security Department, but gave no further details. He was arrested in Indonesia in and handed back. Harrison praised Singapore and Malaysian authorities for their cooperation and said they had kept the news under wraps to get more intelligence away from the media glare.
Sidney Jones, an analyst with the International Crisis Group, applauded the arrest, but said it did not erase the threat.
I don't think this arrest will change their strategies. Daily newsletter Receive essential international news every morning. His escape through the toilet window of a prison in Singapore in February sparked a huge manhunt and an Interpol alert.
Singapore is a strong U. Singapore authorities have also accused him of planning truck bomb attacks at several sites across the island state, including the American Club and U. We have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused. Until we resolve the issues, subscribers need not log in to access ST Digital articles. But a log-in is still required for our PDFs. Skip to main content.
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