New Excuse: Sg's Border is Porous Woh!

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Then there's no point paying the ministers' $$$million since "nothing can be done about it" lah!

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Just where exactly in Singapore did Mas Selamat Kastari set off from to make that desperate swim across the Johor Strait to Malaysia?
That is a question that has gripped Singaporeans' imagination since news of his capture broke on Friday.
Yesterday, a Malaysian newspaper reported that the terrorist had swum more than 1km to Stulang, Johor. Across from Stulang on the Singapore coast is the Senoko Power Station area. Close to this is Admiralty Road West, a secluded spot where illegal immigrants have been caught swimming to Singapore from Malaysia.

=> So why weren't the poodles guarding this area immediately after MSK's dash from prison? Too bz pointing fingers?

The police have said that Singapore's sea border is porous with 'multiple landing spots'. Secluded spots include Sarimbun Ramp, Lim Chu Kang, Kranji, Admiralty Road West and Senoko.

=> 5 points = porous? No wonder the ministers need $$$million to start working!

Since the Mas Selamat escape, the security ring thrown around the island has thickened, with more metal fences put up and police officers on patrol. 'Vulnerable' coastal landing spots have also been closely watched.
The Sunday Times yesterday visited four spots to check how probable it was that Mas Selamat had swum to Johor from those areas. With us was a former president of the Singapore Nautical Institute, who declined to be named. The maritime expert analysed the water conditions of the four spots and the dangers and challenges of swimming across to Johor. Some of the areas were partly fenced up with concertina wire. But there were spots a desperate person could enter in order to make his frantic dash across.

 

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More excuses...

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->Stulang in Johor Baru is so close to Singapore that one can read the word 'Senoko' painted on a chimney of the power plant sited on this side of the Causeway.
When The Sunday Times visited Stulang yesterday, we found people swimming and picnicking on the rocky, algae-covered shore.
Some swimmers had even brought their own 'improvised flotation devices' - styrofoam boxes and vehicle tyres.
There is a jetty extending from the shore, and the halfway point across the water is marked by a bright buoy.
The area near the sea is called Kampung Stulang and boasts small roads and roadside vendors selling snacks and ice-cream. It is a 30-minute drive to Skudai where Mas Selamat Kastari is said to have lived and was captured.
Beachgoers and seaside vendors said it would not be difficult to cross the strait but for the regular police patrol boats on both sides.
Mr Bujang Maharaj, 46, who sells snacks and drinks, said: 'The current is quite gentle and people swim here all the time. But any time playful children wander past the halfway marker, I see Singapore coast guard boats come and the officers scolding them.'
Factory manager Thirumoorthy Chandrasekar, 35, said he visits Stulang with his family every time he has a day off.
He has swum to the halfway marker before, and covered the distance of about 400m in just 20 minutes.
'The patrol boats make sure no one swims across, but if they weren't paying attention, it wouldn't be difficult,' he said. Residents added that people trying to make the illegal swim from Malaysia to Singapore tend to set off from Lido beach, about 2.5km away, instead.