Terror suspect Mas Selamat deported to Singapore (Updated)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia deported a Singaporean terrorist suspect on Friday nearly 18 months after he was captured while on the run after staging a dramatic escape from a high-security prison in the city-state.

Mas Selamat Kastari, the alleged commander of the Singapore arm of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, was released from a Malaysian prison Friday morning, said Mohamad Fuzi Harun, head of the Federal Police's counterterrorism unit, in a written statement.