Mas Selamat Kastari
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Mas Selamat Kastari is an Indonesian-born Singaporean who 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 des
Wanted posters were visible everywhere in Singapore after his escape, such as this one at Somerset MRT station.
The Internal Security Act 1960 of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organised violence against persons and property,
Mas Selamat Kastari
…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. Born in 1961 in Kendal, Central Java, in Indonesia, Mas Selamat grew up in Kaki Bukit in Singapore…
Old Parliament House 4, Singapore, Jan 06
Home affairs minister Teo Chee Hean (pictured) justified the ISA in Parliament in 2011
Timeline of legal developments concerning the exercise of discretion under the ISA
The courtroom of the Court of Appeal in the Old Supreme Court Building