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There is no solid prove that could convince any one offered by Hong Kan Seng that Mas Selamat is any real threat to Singaporean people. He is only a political threat which EXPOSED PAP INCOMPETENCE. He is detained only for political reason.
PAP is shameless!
Singaporeans should demand PAP Hong Kan Seng to release MSK.
Tell Ah Seng to Hong Kan!
:oIo:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_592142.html
Oct 18, 2010
Mas Selamat poses 'real threat'
THE threat posed by Mas Selamat Kastari, leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist network, remains 'real and significant,' even after he has been recaptured and is in Singapore custody, said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Monday.
Even while he was on the run after bolting from detention at the Whitley Road centre on Feb 27, 2008, the fugitive was determined to retaliate and planned attacks against Singapore , after an earlier plot was thwarted, Mr Wong told Parliament.
'Having been trained in Afghanistan, he has the operational competencies to stage a terrorist attack if given time and opportunity. His determination to do so remains unchanged. This is why Mas Selamat has to be held in preventive detention,' said Mr Wong, replying to questions from MPs after he updated the House on how the terrorist leader planned and made his escape.
Is the threat lower now and is Singapore safer now that he is back in detention, asked MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Mr Christopher De Douza .
Replying, Mr Wong said: 'Holding Mas Selamat in preventive detention means that there is just one threat less but there are others out there in the region.'
He cited the situation in Indonesia where despite the killing of major terrorist figures like Azahari Husin and Noordin Top, the terrorist activities there have not declined.
'The ongoing counter-terrorism operations in Indonesia bears this out. Singapore's security cannot be divorced from the security situation in our region and beyond. We are an open economy and society. The reality is that the current terrorist threat has proven to be a resilient one.
'Terrorist elements have adapted and evolved...even as the security action by the states are stepped up against them. So the threat remains real and significant.'
Asked by Mr Hri Kumar Nair, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, if Mas Selamat had outside help in his jailbreak, Mr Wong said he was unable to comment as investigations into this are still ongoing.
To opposition member Low Thia Khiang's question on the lessons learnt from the escape, Mr Wong said security at the Whitley Road Detention Centre had been beefed up in the last two years following the Committee of Inquiry's recommendations, and the ISD has looked into various possibilities of how any detainee, not just Mas Selamat, could escape from the WRDC.
'Right now besides the tighter procedural measures that were immediately implemented after the escape, significant physical security works were also carried out to address the key infrastructural weaknesses that directly contributed to the escape,' added Mr Wong.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_592150.html
Oct 18, 2010
Mas Selamat held at highest level
MAS Selamat Kastar is being detained at the highest risk category - the red level - which restricts his movements more than the other detainees in two lower categories.
He is heavily shackled when he moves around in his cell and is being watched and escorted by more Gurkha guards to 'ensure that whatever measures or acts that he plans to have will not succeed,' said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament on Monday, replying to questions from MPs.
He added that security measures at the Whitley Road Detention Centre where he escaped on Feb 27, 2008, have been strengthened, and the procedural and infrastructural measures have also been audited by the Prisons Department.
Besides an annual inspection by the Prisons Department, detainees at WRDC are now classified into three different categories, based on the level of risk they posed.
A new purpose-built detention centre will also be built in the Changi Prison grounds, which is due to be completed in four to five years.
A team of investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is questioning Mas Selamat on his escape from the WRDC, while another team from ISD is investigating the case from a security or counter-terrorism angle, said Mr Wong.
This includes both determining the terrorist attack plans that had surfaced in investigations by the Malaysian security agencies and identifying the residual elements of the JI network, whether Singaporeans or others, with whom Mas Selamat had made contact and sought to regroup and collaborate to develop such plans.
PAP is shameless!
Singaporeans should demand PAP Hong Kan Seng to release MSK.
Tell Ah Seng to Hong Kan!
:oIo:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_592142.html
Oct 18, 2010
Mas Selamat poses 'real threat'
THE threat posed by Mas Selamat Kastari, leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist network, remains 'real and significant,' even after he has been recaptured and is in Singapore custody, said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Monday.
Even while he was on the run after bolting from detention at the Whitley Road centre on Feb 27, 2008, the fugitive was determined to retaliate and planned attacks against Singapore , after an earlier plot was thwarted, Mr Wong told Parliament.
'Having been trained in Afghanistan, he has the operational competencies to stage a terrorist attack if given time and opportunity. His determination to do so remains unchanged. This is why Mas Selamat has to be held in preventive detention,' said Mr Wong, replying to questions from MPs after he updated the House on how the terrorist leader planned and made his escape.
Is the threat lower now and is Singapore safer now that he is back in detention, asked MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Mr Christopher De Douza .
Replying, Mr Wong said: 'Holding Mas Selamat in preventive detention means that there is just one threat less but there are others out there in the region.'
He cited the situation in Indonesia where despite the killing of major terrorist figures like Azahari Husin and Noordin Top, the terrorist activities there have not declined.
'The ongoing counter-terrorism operations in Indonesia bears this out. Singapore's security cannot be divorced from the security situation in our region and beyond. We are an open economy and society. The reality is that the current terrorist threat has proven to be a resilient one.
'Terrorist elements have adapted and evolved...even as the security action by the states are stepped up against them. So the threat remains real and significant.'
Asked by Mr Hri Kumar Nair, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, if Mas Selamat had outside help in his jailbreak, Mr Wong said he was unable to comment as investigations into this are still ongoing.
To opposition member Low Thia Khiang's question on the lessons learnt from the escape, Mr Wong said security at the Whitley Road Detention Centre had been beefed up in the last two years following the Committee of Inquiry's recommendations, and the ISD has looked into various possibilities of how any detainee, not just Mas Selamat, could escape from the WRDC.
'Right now besides the tighter procedural measures that were immediately implemented after the escape, significant physical security works were also carried out to address the key infrastructural weaknesses that directly contributed to the escape,' added Mr Wong.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_592150.html
Oct 18, 2010
Mas Selamat held at highest level
MAS Selamat Kastar is being detained at the highest risk category - the red level - which restricts his movements more than the other detainees in two lower categories.
He is heavily shackled when he moves around in his cell and is being watched and escorted by more Gurkha guards to 'ensure that whatever measures or acts that he plans to have will not succeed,' said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament on Monday, replying to questions from MPs.
He added that security measures at the Whitley Road Detention Centre where he escaped on Feb 27, 2008, have been strengthened, and the procedural and infrastructural measures have also been audited by the Prisons Department.
Besides an annual inspection by the Prisons Department, detainees at WRDC are now classified into three different categories, based on the level of risk they posed.
A new purpose-built detention centre will also be built in the Changi Prison grounds, which is due to be completed in four to five years.
A team of investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is questioning Mas Selamat on his escape from the WRDC, while another team from ISD is investigating the case from a security or counter-terrorism angle, said Mr Wong.
This includes both determining the terrorist attack plans that had surfaced in investigations by the Malaysian security agencies and identifying the residual elements of the JI network, whether Singaporeans or others, with whom Mas Selamat had made contact and sought to regroup and collaborate to develop such plans.
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