MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine National Police is now on the lookout for a suspected international terrorist who reportedly escaped from his detention cell in Singapore last week, according to a confidential report obtained by the Inquirer.

According to the report, the Singapore police have alerted their counterparts in the Philippines about the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari after they failed to locate him in the city-state.

Kastari, 45, according to the report, is the Jemaah Islamiyah leader of Wakalah Singapore.

Jemaah Islamiyah, a known terrorist group is known to have sympathizers in the Philippines, particularly in Mindanao.

A photograph of Kastari has already been distributed to all police units in the country, according to the report.

The report said Kastari is walso known by the aliases "Edi Haryato'' and "Hendrawan."

Kastari, who according to the Singapore police walks with a limp, escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Center last February 27.

Kastari was under the custody of the Singapore police after he was deported from Indonesia in January 2006.

He was thrown out of Indonesia after Indonesian investigators discovered he was the leader of JI network in Singapore.

The report said Kastari fled to countries like Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia in December 2001 at the height of Singapore's crackdown on members of suspected terrorist groups.