The Toilet with a window without Grille

[Cheekg98]

S'pore says Mas Selamat escaped without trousers

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SINGAPORE - Singapore said on Monday that a suspected Islamic militant managed to escape from a detention centre two months ago mainly because of an unlocked window in the toilet - and fled without his trousers.

 

Mr Wong told parliament that Mas Selamat bin Kastari flipped his trousers above the cubicle door before escaping through a window (pictured).

 

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Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng told parliament that Mas Selamat bin Kastari flipped his trousers above the cubicle door before escaping through a window.

 

'The guard had assumed that the urinal cubicle was a secure facility and that Mas Selamat could not escape from it. This assumption was wrong,' he said.

 

Mr Wong said Mas Selamat had planned his escape 'over time' and that the two guards who escorted him to the toilet had 'failed in their duties'.

 

'In my view, the security weakness of this window is the single most crucial factor which enabled Mas Selamat to escape,' he added.

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The committee report's executive summary

Mr Wong said he was not sure how Mas Selamat managed to get over the double perimeter fence at the centre, but said he could have 'exploited a weakness' in a section of the fencing.

 

Mas Selamat, the suspected leader of the Singapore cell of Al Qaeda-linked militant network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), escaped in February from a detention centre where he was being held for allegedly plotting to crash a plane into Singapore's airport.

His escape sparked a massive manhunt and a global security alert from Interpol. JI has been blamed for the 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali that killed 202 people.

 

Mr Wong said that the investigation into the escape concluded that he received no help from the centre's guards or staff and was not assisted by someone from the outside.

 

He added that the authorities were considering building a new detention centre inside a prison. -- REUTERS

[Apollo]

relocate prison to applease the elites living in District 9 at the expense of peasants in Pasir Ris. oh i mean, taxpayers...

[Cheekg98]

they caught the culprit ... scapegoat ??

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../342727/1/.html

[Ldawn88]

the so called executive summary like some home assignment. nothing conclusive and simply pushes the blame on the 2 guards.

 

the ppl on top not affected at all.

 

Crap.

[Cheekg98]

will they charge the contractors for the poor job done ? heard on TV the contractor just ask them to saw away the handle as a fix !!!

Edited April 21, 2008 by Cheekg98

[Bugsbunny]

stupid mistake.

[Application9999]

The most f*ck up detention set up...macham a resort and may be a school..

[Cheekg98]

why cctv is not operational at such crucial moment ? cannot film the process of escape ...

[Application9999]

from junior to management level? How come the biggest ''MANAGEMENT'' level is still hanging around like a monkey in the home affair? This Ah Wong should resign to answer for this stupid mistake made by ''HIS MAN''....mind you, HIS MAN!!!

[Cheekg98]

they still have to be there to catch Mas Selamat ...

[Ldawn88]

With this report out, those 'security' weakness will be rectified. Including the contractor, the company will be 'fixed' .

[Application9999]

can they catch him? it been 2 months....I doubt so now...lost confident liao...

[Typhoonz]

A whole lot of bird talk...

[Yrvsport]

He no more longer in this world.....Don't waste ur time looking for him...

[Typhoonz]

As the poll I have started a while ago... Most have chosen the choice "mai liao si gan"...

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/gforum.cgi...256852;#2256852

[Leepee]

Some more got 7 toilet paper rolls to break his fall.

 

How come so many toilet paper in one toilet?

[Mzrmazda3]

 

[Typhoonz]

The cleaning aunty just stock up mah...