(Xinhua) -- Singapore said here on Monday it did not rule out the possibility that Mas Selamat, head of the country's Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, has escaped to foreign countries. "We obviously cannot dismiss the possibility that Mas Selamat could have managed to escape Singapore for another country. Singapore is not a fortress," said Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in the Parliamenton Monday.
Wong said that Singapore's security agencies have so far not received any information from their Indonesian counterparts to confirm that the fugitive is hiding in the neighboring country.
However, if Mas Selamat has escaped abroad, Wong said, the city state will work with the relevant foreign counterparts to track him down and bring him back to justice in Singapore.
Meanwhile, two private individuals in Singapore have offered a cash reward of 1 million Singapore dollars (one U.S. dollar equals1.35 Singapore dollars) for information leading to the apprehension of Mas Selamat inside or outside Singapore.
Mas Selamat, who was wanted by the Singaporean authorities in connection with planned attacks on the Changi airport, was arrested by the Indonesian police on Bintan island in 2006 and then sent back to Singapore. But he escaped from Singapore's Whitley road detention center later February this year.