Bernama.com, 9 May 2009
SINGAPORE, May 9 (Bernama) -- Singapore's top leaders already knew that its most wanted fugitive, Mas Selamat Kastari, had been captured by Malaysian authorities but had to keep mum about it on Malaysia's request.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said his deputy Wong Kan Seng had told him that the Malaysian authorities had arrested (the Jemaah Islamiah militant group suspected leader) Mas Selamat, but the news could not be made public as it would jeopardise follow-up operations.
"Kan Seng told me that the Malaysians had asked us to keep this quiet for the time being," Lee said in a statement today.
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