EP 25: Terrorist Mas Selamat And His Very Elusive Escape

It was 4:05 pm on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 27th February 2008. 

Jemaah Islamiah terrorist leader Mas Selamat climbed out of a bathroom window, shimmied down a ventilation pipe, and broke out of Singapore's Internal Security Department's Whitney Road Detention Centre. 

This triggered a manhunt that lasted for over a year...

Personal notes:

I always love having Margret on but who is the hot guy from prison break that she's referring to??

Show Notes:

• https://mothership.sg/2017/03/mas-selamat-kestari-planned-his-prison-break-for-a-month-in-2008/
• https://static.straitstimes.com.sg/s3fs-public/attachments/2016/04/25/mas_selamat_was_plotting_hits_on_singapore.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah
• https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mas-selamat-hid-butter-used-mineral-water-bottles-in-escape-malaysia-police
• https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/son-of-mas-selamat-10-years-studying-teaching-in-ji-linked-schools
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riduan_Isamuddin
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2014-10-13_105937.html
• https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101122-248554.html
• https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101122-248543.html
• https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2017/03/27/singapore-and-malaysias-differing-account-of-how-mas-selemat-got-to-malaysia-from-singapore/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mas_Selamat_Kastari
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080308152227/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5itRCXkEtQUfTtL7UdMh4TkIlwfcQ
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080306110136/http://www.todayonline.com/articles/240769.asp
• https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1602_2009-10-31.html