Published: Wednesday May 27, 2009 MYT 6:04:00 PM
Two-year ISA detention for terror suspect Mas Selamat
JOHOR BARU: One of the region’s most wanted militants, Mas Selamat Kastari, who was arrested in Skudai, Johor last month, is being held for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
“Mas Selamat is under a two-year detention at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping,” sources told Bernama Wednesday.
Mas Selamat, the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader of the Singapore chapter who escaped from a maximum security detention centre in Singapore in February last year, was nabbed in Kampung Tawakal, Skudai, Johor.
According to the sources, the detention would mean that the alleged Singaporean militant would not be extradited to the republic.
Whether Mas Selamat will be handed to the Singaporean authorities would be discussed towards the end of his detention, they said.
“While under detention, Mas Selamat will be undergoing a rehabilitation programme which will include debating with religious experts on Islam,” said the sources.
It is learned that an ordinary JI member, Abdul Matin of Ulu Tiram, who was picked up in April, is also being held for two years under ISA.
According to another source, a villager, Johar Hassan, who was arrested for renting his house in Kampung Tawakal to Mas Selamat, had been placed under restricted residence.
Johar has to make periodical visits to the nearest police station and is not allowed to leave his house at night. He must seek permission if he wants to leave the district.
In PUTRAJAYA, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that Mas Selamat was being detained under the ISA because he was considered a threat to the national security of both Malaysia and Singapore, reports MAZWIN NIK ANIS. -- Bernama
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