SINGAPORE: Singapore’s top leaders already knew that its most wanted fugitive, Mas Selamat Kastari, had been captured by Malaysian authorities but had to keep mum about it on Malaysia’s request.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said his deputy Wong Kan Seng had told him that the Malaysian authorities had arrested the suspected Jemaah Islamiah militant group’s leader, but the news could not be made public as it would jeopardise follow-up operations.
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