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Desperate, Mas Selamat turned to relatives
Why did he show up at the door of relatives he hadn't seen for six years?
Will you let fugitive relative in if he comes knocking?
Poll results show one in three would...
Mas Selamat's niece likely to lose job as teacher
The Ministry of Education has said it will conduct disciplinary proceedings against Nur Aini Asmom.
Was punishment for harbouring Mas Selamat too lenient?
Law Minister said the sentences reflect the different degrees of involvement.
Kin's acts don't reflect on community
The community had in fact disapproved of Mas Selamat's deeds, and participated in the manhunt for the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah leader two years ago.
Harbouring known fugitives like Mas Selamat is against Islam
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) said that the act of harbouring a known fugitive from authorities is against Islamic principle.
Niece helped to disguise Mas Selamat as a woman
AFTER Mas Selamat escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) on Feb 27, 2008, he made his way to his brother Asmom's home in Tampines on Feb 29.
Kin's acts don't reflect on community
THE actions of Mas Selamat Kastari's family are not a reflection of the wider Malay-Muslim community's sentiments, said Minister for Law and Home Affairs K. Shanmugam yesterday.
Relatives of Mas Selamat jailed for harbouring him
THREE relatives of Mas Selamat Kastari have been jailed for habouring the terrorist leader during his escape from Singapore to Malaysia in late February 2008.
Ministerial statement of Mas Selamat's escape
On 18 Oct 2010, DPM Wong informed this House of what Mas Selamat had said about how he got out of the Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) on 27 Feb 2008.
Mas Selamat 'unreliable' on escape details
INVESTIGATIONS are still ongoing to determine how terrorist leader Mas Selamat Kastari managed to escape undetected from the Whitley Road Detention Centre
Mas Selamat: A timeline
Mas Selamat Kastari - leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror network's Singapore cell - flees Singapore after 13 members are nabbed in government crackdown.
   
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• He was Singapore's most wanted man when he was on the run from December 2001 to February 2006.

• Former head of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist cell here.

• Wanted to crash a hijacked plane into Changi Airport. Other targets: US personnel and naval vessels, the Defence Ministry, water pipelines from Malaysia, US Embassy and the American Club.

• Joined Singapore JI around 1992. Had military training in Afghanistan in 1993. Returned in 1998 to study Taliban system of government.

• After 2001 crackdown, went on run to different places in South-east Asia.

• Arrested in Tanjong Pinang, Indonesia, in 2003. In and out of jail until final arrest in 2006 in Java. Deported to Singapore soon after that.
 
 
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