The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has agreed to the request of two private individuals to manage a cash reward of $1 million which these individuals are offering for information leading to the arrest of Mas Selamat bin Kastari inside or outside Singapore.

          As a policy, the Home Team security agencies, including the Singapore Police Force and Central Narcotics Bureau, do not itself offer cash rewards or bounties for information on fugitives and unsolved crimes, or for assistance by the public. The policy, however, does not preclude private corporations or individuals from doing so if they are acting on their own volition to assist in the procurement of information pertinent to the Police. As reported in the media in March this year, some private companies and a non-government organisation had separately offered specific sums of monies for information on Mas Selamat bin Kastari.

          The two individuals approached MHA for assistance to operationalise and manage their combined cash reward of S$1 million because they wish to remain anonymous. MHA has assessed these persons and their proposal to be serious and credible and has agreed to their request.

          Members of the public with information on Mas Selamat bin Kastari can call the present Counter Terrorism Centre hotline at 1800-262 6473 or the Police at 999. All information received will be kept confidential and will be verified and investigated.

Ministry of Home Affairs