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	Is someone harbouring Mas Selamat? Do not even think of helping or harbouring Singapore's most wanted man, Mas Selamat Kastari.
	The buck stops with... Who is to blame for letting a terrorist escape? Guards, superintendent, director ISD or higher-ups in govt? Check out the results of TNP's poll.
	Were failings systemic? More attention should be given to what the committee of inquiry has said about the camp's systems failures. » Lapses were not systemic, says MHA
	Mas Selamat is hot on Google too New hour-by-hour tracking device from Google Singapore reveals Netizens' online interests more or less in real time.
	Your take: The Mas Selamat escape DPM Wong Kan Seng's ministerial speech and PM Lee Hsien Loong's parliament address have both sparked much discussion anew among Singaporeans.
	Was Mas Selamat lucky or just wily? The story of Singapore's most infamous jailbreak is a story of a lady and a fox.
	No reason for heads to roll What is more important is the lesson learned, so that similar incidents do not happen again.
	Move detention centre to island This will ensure that maximum security can be achieved.
	DPM's revelations show transparency I am pleased that DPM Wong Kan Seng left no stone unturned when he presented to Parliament findings on Mas Selamat Kastari's escape.
	Shocking tale of lapses The security apparatus must come out of this humbled but punching fit, assuming nothing.
	Outstanding work of security agencies should not be overlooked: Jayakumar Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar cautioned against letting 'this one episode' overshadow an important fact: the 'truly outstanding work' of the Home Team and Internal Security Department (ISD) in having kept Singapore safe and secure over the years.
	Guards were negligent, says MM MM Lee shared his views on the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari and complacency in an e-mail interview with The Straits Times. -AsiaOne

» FROM PARLIAMENT: Day 2 (Apr 22)
	PM Lee: We must not get into a witch-hunt mode Mr Inderjit Singh asked: "The civil service has a reward system that matches the private sector. But what kind of punishment will be meted out to civil servants who make mistakes?"
	MP Low: Are we expecting too much of govt? He also asked if the PM saw fit for his govt to apologise for the lapses that resulted in Mas Selamat's escape.
	Question and answers about Mas Selamat NMP Eunice Olsen asked the PM about renovations at the detention centre and how that had affected security there.
	PM Lee answers questions about WRDC lapse PM Lee answered three questions from NCMP Sylvia Lim.
	Don't overreact: PM Lee Inquiries will be conducted to investigate and responsibility will be allocated based on these findings.
	PM's speech Full text of PM Lee's speech in Parliament.
» FROM PARLIAMENT: Day 1 (Apr 21)
	DPM Wong responds to host of questions from MPs For more than two hours, 19 MPs lobbed questions at DPM Wong Kan Seng on issues ranging from the Gurkha guards to Mas Selamat Kastari's rumoured death.
	Info shows that Mas Selamat still in S'pore MP asked DPM Wong in Parliament: Is Mas Selamat still in S'pore?
	New centre in Changi prison What are the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry?
	Gone in 11 mins DPM Wong details events on day of Mas Selamat's escape.
	How did he give them the slip? AsiaOne provides you a pictorial account of how Mas Selamat gave authorities the slip on February 27.
	Singapore says militant escaped without trousers Singapore said on Monday that a suspected Islamic militant managed to escape from a detention centre two months ago mainly because of an unlocked window in the toilet - and fled without his trousers.
	Alleged JI militant climbed out toilet window An alleged leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant network escaped from his Singapore detention centre by climbing through a toilet window, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng admitted on Monday.
	No criminal charges to be brought against anyone for escape This was the conclusion that the Committee of Inquiry (COI) came to during the course of its investigation into how the former JI terrorist leader managed to give his guards the slip at the Whitley Road detention centre (WRDC).
	Three crucial factors led to Mas Selamat's escape Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng is giving a full account in Parliament of how terror fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road detention centre on Feb 27 today.
	Home Affairs Minister gives details of Mas Selamat's escape Wong Kan Seng gives a full account in Parliament of how terror fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari escaped from the Whitley Road detention centre on Feb 27.
	Home Affairs Minister's statement in Parliament » Click here if you prefer to read the executive summary.

• He was Singapore's most wanted man when he was on the run from December 2001 to February 2006.

• Former head of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist cell here.

• Wanted to crash a hijacked plane into Changi Airport. Other targets: US personnel and naval vessels, the Defence Ministry, water pipelines from Malaysia, US Embassy and the American Club.

• Joined Singapore JI around 1992. Had military training in Afghanistan in 1993. Returned in 1998 to study Taliban system of government.

• After 2001 crackdown, went on run to different places in South-east Asia.

• Arrested in Tanjong Pinang, Indonesia, in 2003. In and out of jail until final arrest in 2006 in Java. Deported to Singapore soon after that.

READERS' COMMENTS

Mas Selamat escape: DPM to give report on Monday
"Hopefully, [minister] can manage to convey to the anxious public a sense that the government is on top of the situation."

Massive manhunt for escaped JI terror leader
"Singaporeans and our security system are now quite united, and operationally and psychologically ready and prepared to handle such situations in future."

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