Feb 27 Anniversary

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  • 2008 - Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomb maker Mas Selamat Kestari, detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA), escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre (WRDC) on 27 February 2008 and swam across the Tebrau Strait on an improvised flotation device from Woodlands to Stulang Laut in Johor. He was eventually caught in Johor Baru on April 1, 2009. Home Affairs Minister DPM Wong Kan Seng, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, took responsibility for this incident.
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