Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) detainee Mas Selamat bin Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre at 4:05 pm on 27 Feb 2008.

Mas Selamat was the leader of the Singapore JI network and is presently at large. He is about 1.58m tall and walks with a limp on the left leg. He is not known to be armed. Anyone who renders assistance to him is committing a grave offence.

The search for Mas Selamat Kastari is ongoing. The community can play an important role in detecting him. Police appeal for your assistance in the manhunt. Call 999 immediately or email spf_police_information@spf.gov.sg if you see Mas Selamat bin Kastari.