Singaporeans cheer in celebration of the good news
Yes you heard me right. The Islamic militant who plotted to crash an airplane into Singapore's fabled Changi Airport has been located.
Flashback: After Mas Selamat bin Kastari was arrested by the Singapore Police Force, he was sentenced and detained in Whitley Detention House. Not for long though. He managed to escape by tricking his guards into allowing him to enter the toilet alone and promptly climbed out of a window to freedom. Singaporean authorities have been under heavy fire for reporting his escape late, thus granting him more time to make his getaway. Ever since, they have been searching fruitless for him...
Back to the present. Mas Selamat was nabbed at Johor Bahru. It is unknown why he was at Malaysia, though public speculation is that he had fled to there to regroup with fellow Islamic terrorists.
This piece of news was warmly received by Singaporeans. Some of whom, like Retiree Mr. Raymond Quek, felt "it is good that he has been caught." For me, I had almost totally forgotten about Mas Selamat, what with H1N1 Swine Flu and examinations just round the corner. Permanent Resident Lindy Lim pretty much sums it up, "With the recent H1N1 pandemic, this is certainly a sight for sore eyes."
Sources: http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g312/fingersdontfing/fingersdontfing3/MasSelamat1.jpg, http://asia.news.yahoo.com/cna/20090508/tap-783-singaporeans-cheered-news-mas-se-231650b.html
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