SINGAPORE: Singapore's Home Affairs Ministry says that to date, there has been no intelligence or information to suggest that escaped Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat Kastari is in Indonesia.

The ministry made the statement following a media report that Mas Selamat might be hiding in Indonesia.

Indonesia's police chief Sutanto was quoted as saying it was possible for Mas Selamat to be in Indonesia as language and cultural similarities meant the fugitive would be able to blend in more easily.

Mas Selamat escaped from Singapore's Whitley Road Detention Centre in February this year.

Singapore authorities said they would continue to work closely with their Indonesian counterparts and other security and intelligence partners in their on-going security operation to locate and apprehend him.

- CNA/ir

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