Prank Caller Claims To Be Escaped Terrorist
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The Straits Times – 1 Mar 08
A man has been arrested for making a prank call to the police claiming to be escaped terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari.
The 58-year-old used a public phone in Haig road to call the police emergency line 999 on Thursday evening, saying he was the former Jemaah Islamiah leader.
During the call, he even made threats to attack “multiple locations”, the police said.
Within minutes, the police traced the call to a public telephone at Block 10, Haig Road, and arrested the man under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Regulations.
These regulations came into effect here in 2001 after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United State to prosecute people who stoke fears of terrorist attacks by raising false alarms.
In January this year, a civil servant was sentenced to 30 months’ jail for sending hoax bomb messages to government websites.
The Naitonal Environment Agency’s senior manager, Neo Khoon Sing, 38, sent three e-mail messages warning of possible terrorist attacks in Bedok and against Cabinet ministers.
The maximum penalty for this offence is a fine of up to S$100,000, or a prison term of up to five years, or both.
The telecommunication Act also provides harsh punishment for hoax calls: a maximum fine of up to S$50,000 and a jail term of up to seven years.
The police urged the public not to make prank calls as they “tax the police’s resources unnecessarily”.
This hoax call on Mas Selamat is the first since he escaped from the Internal Security Department’s detention centre off Whitley Road on Wednesday afternoon.
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either he has no brains or he lost them somewhere.
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We have to note that:
United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Regulations came into effect in Singapore in 2001 after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United State to prosecute people who stoke fears of terrorist attacks by raising false alarms.
The maximum penalty for this offence is a fine of up to S$100,000, or a prison term of up to five years, or both.
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i think tat uncle detest the govt very much..
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he must have gone coo coo......
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We also have to note that :
The telecommunication Act provides harsh punishment for hoax calls: a maximum fine of up to S$50,000 and a jail term of up to seven years.
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so long liao then post?
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Originally posted by smartboy4:
so long liao then post?
trying to increase traffic lo -
Thought the news reported it liao... it took you so long to read the news?
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mas selamat hari raya!
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Impressive. At least they managed to capture SOMEBODY.
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Originally posted by WinnieThePooh:
Impressive. At least they managed to capture SOMEBODY.
It is the speed that at the time the prank call was made, the policemen were on the scene to catch him red handed, that is IMPRESSIVE.
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The police has noted that people were worried about getting into trouble for reporting an apparent lead that turns out to be a dud, said : “As long as the reports were made in good faith, nothing will happen to the person who made the report. Nothing is too minor for us to follow up on.”
The police also reiterated their call for the public to report sightings and minor cases of theft, especially of cloths, money or food.
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jia ba bo sai pang
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Is the phone near a toilet?
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yea maybe
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I think the man was seriously in need of free food and lodging ...
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testing 1, 2 and 3 testing testing.
testing our police forces..testing 1 2 3...
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This shows how stressful living in Singapore can be.
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lololololol
he old already......he wan retire but need money to do that...
so he'd rather retire in prison where he can get free food.....
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Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:
Thought the news reported it liao... it took you so long to read the news?
his internet connect lag mah.
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bo liao. i seriously dont know why people make that kind of prank call.
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58 yrs old.. sick n tired of living liaoz..
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Originally posted by WinnieThePooh:
Impressive. At least they managed to capture SOMEBODY.
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wah seh.
our police so efficient ar...
catch prankster so fast.
so now either that prankster too dumb to be caught or mas selamat too clever to be caught.