A captured man, trained in guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan, supposedly has bomb-making knowledge, has escaped from captivity twice, has access to fake passports and knows back doors to the regional states. If such a captured man were to escape (for the third time), where would he be? Apparently, our Intelligence believes, still hanging around the Whitley Road area where he took off, huddling under some unturned stone. Reported in Channel News Asia on Thursday evening, more than 24 hours after the escape of Mas Selamat, "soldiers and police are focusing on the area near the Internal Security Department Detention Centre off Whitley Road". Thankfully, on Friday, someone within the Bureau possessed the good sense to expand the search coverage to other areas, and put up an International notice on Interpol. But still the question remains, where would he be?

It would appear that it isn't such a small world after all.