 |  | Mas Selamat Kastari (center), who was arrested in Skudai, Johor last month, is being held for two years under the Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA). --ST PHOTO: ABDUL AZIZ HUSSIN |
'Mas Selamat is under a two-year detention at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Kamunting, Taiping,' a highly placed source told Bernama on Wednesday.
Mas Selamat, leader of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror network, who escaped from the maximum security detention centre in Singapore on Feb 27 last year, was nabbed in Kampung Tawakal, Skudai, Johor Baru on April 1.
According the sources, the detention would mean that the wanted militant would not be extradited to Singapore.
Whether Mas Selamat will be handed to the Singaporean authorities would be discussed towards the end of his detention, said the source.
'While under detention, Mas Selamat will be undergoing a rehabilitation programme which will include debating with religious experts on Islam,' said the source.
At the time of his arrest, Malaysian officials said that Mas Selamat was 'planning something' which allowed him to be arrested. He was also the mastermind of a plot to hijack a plane and crash it into Singapore's Changi Airport and had planned truck bomb attacks at several sites across the island state, according to Singapore officials.
Bernama als reported 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.
He 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. -- BERNAMA, REUTERS
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