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Jakarta Won't Extradite JI Leader to S'pore

Indonesian detectives said on Tuesday that the suspected Singaporean head of South-east Asia’s most prominent alleged terrorist group was cooperating with police after being arrested on the weekend. Singapore has been hunting Mas Selamat Kastari for more than a year. Indonesian police arrested him on Bintan island on Sunday night after being tipped off about his whereabouts by Singaporean authorities. Despite this, Indonesia refused on Tuesday to extradite Mas Selamat to Singapore. Chief of detectives Lt-General Erwin Mappaseng said: ‘We won’t extradite him, because we don’t have an extradition agreement with Singapore.’ Full Story