Incredible... 49s escape become 8 hrs delay

[Apollo]

April 21, 2008

Gone in 49 seconds

 

That is the time it took for terrorist Mas Selamat to leap to freedom, in an re-enactment of his daring escape after he got out of the toilet in the Whitley Road detention centre.

 

By Ian Lim

 

IN THE executive summary on the report of Mas Selamat Kastari's escape from Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) on Feb 27, the Committee of Inquiry (COI) found that the detainee could have made his escape on Feb 27 in 49 seconds.

 

In a re-enactment requested by the COI, a Gurkha guard took 49 seconds to retrace Mas Selamat's possible escape route from the detention centre.

 

An unsecured window in the toilet of the visitors block allowed him to make the prison breakout.

 

The executive summary was released by Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in Parliament on Monday.

 

On Feb 27, the COI found Mas Selamat was taken out of his cell for his family visit scheduled for 4pm to 4.30pm at the Family Visitation Block.

 

At 3.35pm, two Gurkha guards escorted him to a locker room to change into civilian clothes.

 

After changing into a light yellow baju kurung and greenish-grey pants, he was escorted by the two guards and a woman Special Duty Operative (SDO) - a junior Internal Security Department (ISD) officer - to the Family Visitation block at 3.54pm.

 

He asked to use the toilet next to the family visit room to shave and comb his hair.

 

One guard stood outside the toilet while the other followed him inside.

 

Mas Selamat used the urinal cubicle and closed the door. He flipped his plants over the ledge above the door. He left the tap running.

 

After a few minutes, the guard felt that Mas Selamat was taking too long. He alerted the other guard standing outside the toilet, who then reported to the SDO outside the toilet. The SDO asked a male Assistant Case Officer to check on the toilet.

 

At 4.05pm, the male SDO kicked open the door of the urinal cubicle, Mas Selamat was not inside. The ventilation window pane located above this urinal cubile had been swung open.

 

An immediate alert was raise that Mas Selamat had escaped.

 

The COI found that Mas Selamat had about 11 minutes between 3.54pm and 4.05 pm to make his escape.

 

The COI believes that while in the cubicle, Mas Selamat climbed onto the ledge located just below the ventilation window, pushed open the window and squeezed himself through it.

 

He probably held on to a water pipe running vertically down the external wall of the toilet.

 

The COI received forensic evidence from CID that smudges were found on the water pipe, although there were no conclusive fingerprints. A packet of seven rolls of toilet paper was found on the ground, which he could have used to break his fall.

 

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amazing spin... of anti climax no cigar for ye. boo.

 

so tat's it? case closed?

[Mzrmazda3]

The Escape is already a concrete fact ...

Edited April 21, 2008 by Mzrmazda3

[Xefera]

what's the point of the report? to absolve those involve of all faults? that the detainee is too sly for our law enforcement officers?

 

i can't believe that they actually allowed him to use the cubicle. why can't they insist that he uses the urinals instead? duh

[Apollo]

April 21, 2008

Minister releases details of Mas Selamat's escape

 

FUGITIVE terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari probably planned his escape over a period of time and seized the opportunity when a 'confluence' of factors gave him the break to flee from the Whitley Road detention centre on Feb 27, said Home Affairs minister Wong Kan Seng on Monday.

 

He gave Parliament a full account of the escape, based on the findings of the Committee of Inquiry (COI), which submitted its report to him on April 10.

 

The five-page executive summary of the report was also presented in Parliament.

 

The COI, said Mr Wong, had found 'no evidence of connivance or collusion' or any help given to the Jemaah Islamiah leader by anyone within the detention centre.

 

It took the Jemaah Islamiah leader under 11 minutes between 3.54 pm and 4.05 pm to make his escape - from the time he was brought to the toilet in the family visitation block and the time when the alert to his breakout was raised.

 

Mr Wong said he agreed with the COI's findings and accepted all its recommendations.

 

He added that he was satisfied that the three-member committee had done a thorough job.

 

Because of the sensitivity of the details, including the identity of the Internal Security Department and other security personnel and the precise work they do, he said the Cabinet has agreed that it is not possible to release the entire report 'without harming national interest and endangering the men and women who serve the nation'.

 

'We had also considered releasing the COI's report with the sensitive parts blacked out, but that was not feasible as the details are extensive. It would not only make understanding the report difficult, but also fuel the distraction of baseless speculation,' said the minister.

 

'However, we are very conscious that Members of this House and the public have a keen and valid interest in the findings of the COI. Hence, the Government has decided to release the executive summary of the COI report to show that the COI had carefully considered all the issues.'

 

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blackout report... put himself out of liabilities..

[Clubace]

How come there a packet of seven rolls of toilet paper in the cubicle??? Freebies for visitors who used the toilet?

[Apollo]

[reply]

After changing into a light yellow baju kurung and greenish-grey pants, he was escorted by the two guards and a woman Special Duty Operative (SDO) - a junior Internal Security Department (ISD) officer - to the Family Visitation block at 3.54pm.

 

He asked to use the toilet next to the family visit room to shave and comb his hair.

 

One guard stood outside the toilet while the other followed him inside.

 

Mas Selamat used the urinal cubicle and closed the door. He flipped his plants over the ledge above the door. He left the tap running.

 

After a few minutes, the guard felt that Mas Selamat was taking too long. He alerted the other guard standing outside the toilet, who then reported to the SDO outside the toilet. The SDO asked a male Assistant Case Officer to check on the toilet.

 

At 4.05pm, the male SDO kicked open the door of the urinal cubicle, Mas Selamat was not inside. The ventilation window pane located above this urinal cubile had been swung open.

 

more facts...

 

• they got 2 male occifer there. a arsetant case occifer and a female SDO who become a man and able to limp tall building with a single bounce.. ok mebbe just kick the doors.
• so qn is r the gukhas female or bi?
• mas selamat can flipped his plants over the ledge above the door. wat plants? money plants? poison ivy?

[Apollo]

shitting is a fav past time inside there...

 

or the guards there just full of it. needs plenty of papers

[Yrvsport]

Can't believe it..Maciam romeo and juliet story..Anyway he's no more longer on earth...

[Friendstar]

dick plant

[Tunge]

unbelievable!!!

 

u mean it took than 2months to get the details of his escape which to me sounds damn straight forward lah. really makes me wonder if they are still hiding any info... he went to the cubicle alone, n climbed through the window to freedom... simply as that n they need 2 months to confirm?

 

load of rubbish

[Typhoonz]

I don't think anyone is too interested in how it happened... It has happened and that's the gospel truth... What most would want to know is who's taking the rap?

[Apollo]

well the spin is impt becos so far no one has seen him in person. not even on day 1.

 

so if he has left his sarong in the cubicle... why is the polis telling pple to watch out for it, 2 weeks later?

[Typhoonz]

A shady story from day 1... The COI has taken such a bloody long time to find these ah?

[Apollo]

April 21, 2008 No one will face criminal charges for Mas Selamat's escape: CID chief [/color]

THE Criminal Investigation Deparment (CID), which carried out a separate probe into Mas Selamat Kastari's escape, has found no indication of criminal negligence, intentional omission and collusion by any of the staff at the Whitley Road Detention Centre.

It has also decided not to take action against anyone, after consulting the Attorney-General's Chambers.

Responding to media queries on the CID investigation, its Director Ng Boon Gay said in a statement on Monday: 'The escape was the result of the combination of several factors which were not in the control of any one individual.'

'In addition, there was no direct causation by any of the staff that resulted in the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari that constituted an offence of criminal negligence.'

'Furthermore, none of the staff had deliberately omitted to take any action which would otherwise have prevented the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari.'

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He said that on completion of the investigation, CID consulted the Attorney-General's Chambers on the case.

'AGC has considered the investigation papers and concluded that there is no basis to lay criminal charges under the Penal Code against any particular individual.'

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[Mzrmazda3]

Dai Chi so Tua Diao .... yet no one will Tio Dai Chi

[Typhoonz]

Some terrorist escaped from a secured facility and no one is taking the blame? Is this kelong or what?

[Shorty]

but wat i want to know is....after he climbed out of de toilet window...how de hell did he get out of de ISD compound???...no details on date?...

 

for i tot de compound is fenced n guarded.so they mean he climbed out of de toilet window n then jumped over de fence?

[Tunge]

according to the detailed report yah, he jumped over the fence... oh well took them 2mths to come up w this story... hmmm...