Singapore to get access to JI head

May 23, 2009
Mas Selamat's capture
S'pore to get access to JI head
By Clarissa Oon, Senior Political Correspondent

MALAYSIA will give Singapore access to recaptured terrorist kingpin Mas Selamat Kastari and share all information gathered from him, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Friday.

He did not say when the Jemaah Islamiah leader would be returned to Singapore.

That was a matter for further discussion between security agencies on both sides, he said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Datuk Seri Najib said he could not reveal details of the attacks that Mas Selamat was said to have been planning against Singapore while in hiding in Johor, but added that Malaysia had shared this information with Singapore.

Mr Lee agreed that it was 'not a good practice to share publicly a lot of details about intelligence operations'.

Expressing confidence in the competence and professionalism of the Malaysian authorities, he said: 'They have been generous in sharing with us what they have discovered from their debrief of Mas Selamat Kastari and we leave it in their hands, and I'm sure that the matter will be resolved in good time.'

The 48-year-old terrorist leader escaped from detention in Singapore in February last year and was recaptured by Malaysian intelligence officers last month in Skudai, Johor.

Mr Najib and Mr Lee held up his recapture as an example of successful cooperation between the two countries' security agencies, and stressed the need to continue cooperating in the fight against terrorism.

Mr Lee said he had again expressed thanks and congratulations to Mr Najib over Mas Selamat's arrest.

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