Dallasnews.com, 9 May 2009, Seth Mydans -The New York Times
BANGKOK, Thailand – A suspected terrorist leader who took off his pants, wriggled through a bathroom window and escaped from a high-security prison in Singapore last year has been caught in Malaysia, officials said Friday.
The fugitive, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, 47, was arrested early last month after Singapore had failed to capture him in a huge manhunt that in effect turned the country's entire population into a posse of 4 million empty-handed informants.
The escape and the fruitless all-points pursuit were an embarrassing demonstration of fallibility in a nation that prides itself on efficiency, competence and rigorous law enforcement.
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