At around 0:26, clueless Pinky says "I think we have a good chance of catching him, provided he is still in Singapore."
Another clueless clown, then Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng says "one, he is in Singapore and hidden by sympathisers unknown to the authorities, or, two, he has fled the country."
In the end, it was Malaysia that handed Mas Selamat to Singapore.