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Suspected JI terrorist leader, Mas Selamat, made a “toilet break” last Wednesday. Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Wong Kan Seng, apologised for the escape but a Singapore blogger highlighted the coffee talk shop about why they arn’t so forgiving of the Home Team leader’s honest mistake.

The minister’s two million dollar salary per annum seems to be the greatest source of discontent.

Popular blogger. Mr Wang of mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com wrote,

It is a very disappointing day for me, to realise how inept and useless the Singapore government has become. To think that we pay the world’s highest ministerial salaries to our political leaders. Wong Kan Seng is paid two million dollars per year and he cannot even keep an arrested man under proper lock and key. A terrorist has escaped, for goodness sakes.

I think Wong Kan Seng should resign. Terrorism knows no borders, and Wong Kan Seng’s mistake potentially endangers the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people - not just in Singapore, but in other countries as well. All over the world, elected politicians have been pressed to resign, for much less serious matters.

Mr Wang continued to describe that the greater escape artist might have been Mr Wong. Mr Brown shares the same sentiment while Mr Bean is still on a holiday.

Wrote another popular Singapore blogger, Mr Brown,

Anyway, Singaporeans need not worry we will lose any million-dollar senior talents like ministers, in the light of this debacle. They won’t be asked to resign or even take a pay cut. We are not like those free-wheeling and chaotic governments from Western democracies that make their leaders accountable for every little thing.

Sorry is the hardest word to say and a newly formed blog, Nobody Writes, crucified Mr Wong Kan Seng’s facial expression when he apologised for the escape.

Nobody wrote,

My question to you, Mr. Minister: Why are you smiling when you were relating the ’someone suspicious on the roof’ incident?

Personally, this is a matter of grave concern and there is nothing to laugh about. What message is the Minister trying to bring across? Its not a joke, mind you!

There’s a video link on the above blog and some bloggers are even starting to say that the sorry was scripted.

The two million dollar minister must be hoping right now that there is a million dollar man out there who can capture the escaped suspected JI terrorist soon even as Singapore enters the 7 days mark of his escape.