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Family members of the two men killed in the Outram area on Thursday crossed paths at the mortuary. Lim Bock Song, 43, was shot dead by a policeman at Outram Park MRT, half an hour after he supposedly stabbed Tan Ah Chong, 51, to death at a nearby hawker centre. -- ST PHOTO: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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IN MANAMA (BAHRAIN) - THE escape of Mas Selamat Kastari is a 'very severe lesson in complacency' and it shows that Singapore is not infallible, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Friday. However, if the former Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader is still in Singapore, Mr Lee believed that he would not be able to launch an attack.

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HE STABBED his drinking buddy to death, fled the scene - and was shot dead half an hour later. The 43-year-old was shot by a policeman in an afternoon drama that unfolded right in front of commuters on a train platform at the Outram MRT station.

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Mas Selamat: Here's how he escaped
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng unveiled further details to the daring escape of JI fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari in Parliament on Monday when he released the Executive Summary of the Committee of Inquiry's report. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on Government accountability over the issue. We bring you both speeches in full.
Gone in 49 secs
That's how long it may have taken Mas Selamat from the time he jumped out of an unsecured toilet window at the Whitley Road Detention Centre till the time he scaled a double perimeter fence, to his freedom. Mr Wong, who's also Deputy Prime Minister gives a detailed timeline of the JI leader's prison break
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The COI's recommendations
The Government has accepted a slew of recommendations put forth by the Committee of Inquiry (COI). Among them - centralising the command and control of the Whitley Road detention centre under the Internal Security Department and building a new detention facility in Changi Prison for political detainees.
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