" A confluence of three critical factors led to security lapses that resulted in Jemaah Islamiyah(JI) detainee Mas Selamat Kastari's escape from detention in February.

First, there was a physical security breach as the ventilation window in the toilet – from which Mas Selamat made his escape – did not have grilles.

Second, the guards watching Mas Selamat allowed him to close the door of the urinal cubicle when they should not have done so.

And third, there was a physical weakness in the perimeter fencing outside the Family Visitation Block, where the toilet was located, which made it easier for Mas Selamat to get out of the detention centre's premises.

On the day of his escape, Mas Selamat was escorted by two Gurkha guards and a Special Duty Operative - who is an Internal Security Department (ISD) officer - from his cell to a locker room to change into civilian clothes for his family's visit. At the locker room, the guards lost sight of him when he stood behind a column of lockers to change. He was then escorted to the Family Visitation Block, where he used a toilet, renovated in 2007, to shave and comb his hair before meeting his family members. He then entered a urinal cubicle, closed the door and turned on a water tap inside the cubicle. One guard stood outside the cubicle door, while the other was outside the main toilet door. After a while, the guard outside the cubicle felt Mas Selamat was taking too long. But instead of checking, he alerted the second guard outside the toilet, who alerted the female Duty Operative. The Duty Operative then alerted a male Assistant Case Officer, who ran in, kicked open the door and found Mas Selamat gone. The ventilation window in the cubicle was left open." -- CNA, 21/4/08

The report on the escape of Mas Selamat is out. After more than a month, he is still said to be in hiding. To me, this report sounds like a plot on a movie, where often officers would whistle outside the cubicle door while the criminal entered a closed door cubicle, only to realise that he had stepped on the toilet bowl & escaped through the window. It's just unimaginable that the guards who are specifically trained for special operations would make such a blunder...i wondered what has happened to the guards-in-charge now...
And the fact that Mas Selamat had noticed a physical weakness in the perimeter fencing but not the guards who have been surveying the area was......i dunno..it's just kind of insulting to Singapore's security system.

But whatever it is, I just hope that a lesson is learnt. Nothing is perfect i guess, what is more important is how serious we take this wake up call...

Many things are better left unsaid...Just my cent of thoughts though...