Mas Selamat Kastari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mas Selamat Kastari

Singaporean Islamist

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1961

Place of Birth: Kendal, Indonesia

Nationality: Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Mas Selamat Kastari

  • Mas Selamat Kastari (born 23 January 1961), an Indonesian-born Singaporean, was for more than a year Singapore's most-wanted fugitive after escaping from detention on 27 February 2008.
  • The search for him has been described as the largest manhunt ever launched in Singapore.
  • He was eventually recaptured in Skudai, Malaysia, on 1 April 2009, over a year after his escape, and has since been returned to Singapore.
  • His escape was found to be one of the events in Singapore's history that Singaporeans were most aware of, with 95% being aware of it.In January 2006, Mas Selamat was arrested by Indonesian anti-terror squads in Java and deported to Singapore.
  • He was suspected of plotting to bomb Singapore Changi Airport in January 2002, and, according to the Singapore Police Force, he had initially planned to do so by crashing a plane into the airport.
  • However, Mas Selamat has never been formally charged with any terrorism-related offences; instead, he was detained under the country's Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial.

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