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How did he give them the slip?

AsiaOne provides you a pictorial account of how Mas Selamat gave authorities the slip on February 27. -AsiaOne

Mon, Apr 21, 2008
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The open ventilation window inside the toilet, which Mas Selamat escaped from Whitley Road Detention Centre on Feb 27

 

The window was not secured with grills, but instead the window handle was sawn off.

 

 

The exterior view of the ventilation window. Mas Selamat could used the pipes to help him climb down from the window.

 

 

The Committee of Inquiry found that there was a security weak point where the two perimeter fences meet the wall. Mas Selamat is believed to have scaled the fence and onto the roof of the walkway, before jumping over the fences.

 

 

The initial search area around Whitley Road Detention Centre after Mas Selamat's escape on Feb 27.
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