MAS SELEMAT: S'pore, M'sia to meet

May 11, 2009

MAS SELEMAT CAPTURED

S'pore, M'sia to meet

Officials from both sides will meet after KL completes probe into Mas Selamat's activities

By Carolyn Hong, Malaysia Bureau Chief
		PHOTO: THE STAR

KUALA LUMPUR - POLICE chief Musa Hassan on Saturday said that Malaysian security officers will meet their Singapore counterparts as soon as investigations into Mas Selamat Kastari's activities are completed.

He declined to give a specific date but said he had spoken to Singapore's Police Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui about the arrest of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader in Johor.

It is understood that Malaysia is keen to find out from Mas Selamat the extent of terror group JI's network in Malaysia, particularly in the southernmost state and its links to Singapore.

Sources say that Mas Selamat was aided by two JI members after his escape to Johor from Singapore's Whitley Road Detention Centre on Feb 27 last year. He was captured in a dawn raid on April 1 at a village house in Skudai.

Tan Sri Musa on Saturday refused to disclose details of Malaysia's questioning of the leader of the regional terror network, saying that it was a security matter.

Prime Minister Najib Razak had said Mas Selamat was plotting a lot of things relating to Singapore, while Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said he was planning 'something' that allowed Malaysia to arrest him.

Mr Musa said Mr Khoo had telephoned him on Saturday to express appreciation over Malaysia's capture of the terrorist.

'He expressed his thanks for our assistance. We have close cooperation with the Singapore police,' the Malaysian Inspector-General of Police told The Straits Times.

He said there were plans for a meeting between Malaysian and Singapore police.

Singapore police could be making a trip to Malaysia soon to meet their counterparts over this case but Mr Musa has pointed out that Malaysia wanted to complete its investigations first.

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