Indonesia arrests S'pore terrorism suspect
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested Singapore's most wanted man, who is believed to have planned bomb and plane-crash attacks on the city state's airport, a Malaysian newspaper said on Monday.
The alleged plots were never carried out.
Mas Selamat Kastari, 45, a member of Southeast Asia's Islamic militant network Jemaah Islamiah, was arrested in Java last week where he had gone to visit his son studying at a religious school, the Star newspaper said, quoting unnamed sources.
Mas Selamat, a father of five, had fled Singapore in 2001, the daily said, adding that Singapore was seeking his extradition.
Singapore intelligence had information that Mas Selamat had planned to bomb Changi International Airport in 2002 and had also discussed with Jemaah Islamiah commander and militant cleric Hambali a plan to hijack a plane and crash it into the airport.
Hambali has been in U.S. custody since 2003.
Mas Selamat was jailed in Indonesia in 2003 for 18 months on immigration charges. (Additional reporting by Achmad Sukarsono in Jakarta)
The alleged plots were never carried out.
Mas Selamat Kastari, 45, a member of Southeast Asia's Islamic militant network Jemaah Islamiah, was arrested in Java last week where he had gone to visit his son studying at a religious school, the Star newspaper said, quoting unnamed sources.
Mas Selamat, a father of five, had fled Singapore in 2001, the daily said, adding that Singapore was seeking his extradition.
Singapore intelligence had information that Mas Selamat had planned to bomb Changi International Airport in 2002 and had also discussed with Jemaah Islamiah commander and militant cleric Hambali a plan to hijack a plane and crash it into the airport.
Hambali has been in U.S. custody since 2003.
Mas Selamat was jailed in Indonesia in 2003 for 18 months on immigration charges. (Additional reporting by Achmad Sukarsono in Jakarta)
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