AN UNEMPLOYED man who made a nuisance call that fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari might have committed suicide was jailed for 12 weeks on Thursday (may 8).

Govindaraju Narayanasamy, 66, admitted making the call to the police emergency line from a public phone at Marsiling Lane on March 30 (08).

A Community Court heard that he was drunk when he told police to meet him.

Among other things he said: 'I think Mas Selamat has already committed suicide and he could be around this area'.

A police officer went to Marsiling Lane and tried to look for Govindaraju to no avail.

Later, Govindaraju approached him and said 'Mas Selamat will come and bomb Block 19 Marsiling''.

The Jemaah Islamiah chief is still at large after he escaped from the Whitley Road Detention Centre on Feb 27.