Prison Break: Singapore Edition

As all of you guys might have heard, the JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escaped from Singapore's detention centre on the 27th of February, sparking an island-wide manhunt and a lockdown of the Goldhill Avenue area. Till now...he's still out at large.

And this, my dear readers, is Singapore's version of Prison Break. In fact, I wonder who's more 厉害 - Michael Scofield, or Mas Selamat. The former escaped from Fox River State Penitentiary, the latter escaped from the high security Whitley Detention Centre. And they share the same initials, MS. What a coincidence.

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Anyway, this show something about our police force...so lax. This guy is a highly dangerous man (being a former JI leader and plotting to bomb Changi Airport), and the ease in which he can escape from a so-called high security detention centre raises many eyebrows.

And WKS' reply to minister's queries on the event shed little light on what actually happened. The people are really interested to know what happened, and why information was realised to the public so late, almost 6 hours after the suspect escaped!

If word had gone out earlier, those driving along the PIE and the roads near the detention centre could have kept a look-out for someone who looked like him, and provide police with some leads! Too bad, our police scholars do not seem interested in such help from the public.

The best thing was that they did a lock-down of the Goldhill Avenue area, on the basis of thinking he is hiding in the forests behind CJC. Smart move, but the fact was that they spent resources from more than just the police force; Guardsmen, Gurkhas, SOC officers and MPs were roped in to help. And despite having so many people forming a 'formidable' human blockade, they could not find him, and had to call off the search on the 28th afternoon. I pitied the MPs and Guards personnel who were sent in to bolster the search teams - they were in camp on alert, and this 'shit' happens...gosh. If the police did their job better, won't it be easier on everyone?

And probably our higher-ups did not hear of the show Prison Break. Gosh. Maybe they should use it as a reference into the thoughts of a prisoner who is intent on breaking out at all costs. Haha.

Hope this guy is caught soon. The police thinks that he's still in this little red dot, but me thinks that he's already on some bumboat out of this dot. It's simply too risky to stay on here any further.

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I've lost all hope in SPF now man...what a joke to the world.