Singapore Democrats, 10 May 2009
The Government, in particular the Immigration and Customs Authorities (ICA), has much to account for with the reported re-capture of Mr Mas Selamat Kastari in Johor.
The obvious question is how did this man on Singapore's most wanted list and a supposedly national security threat, manage to escape security at our checkpoints or border? Questions regarding how Mr Mas Selamat gave his captors the slip at the Whitley Detention Detention Centre remain unanswered.
Now we find out that he had even evaded detection by the ICA and police, and slipped into Malaysia.
It is believed that Mr Mas Selamat had escaped Singapore by swimming across the Straits of Johor into Malaysia. The Home Affairs Minister attributed the escape on the long coastline.
What is Mr Wong talking about? China has a long coastline, Australia has a long coastline. Even Malaysia can be said to have a long coastline. Singapore's coastline facing Johor is 52 miles -- the length of two marathons.
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