By Carolyn Hong, Malaysia Bureau Chief

KUALA LUMPUR - THREE men who were believed to have met Mas Selamat Kastari to revive the regional Islamic network Jemaah Islamiah (JI) have now joined him in detention.

The three men, aged between 43 and 53, were arrested on June 25 in Ulu Tiram and Masai in Johor, according to The Star newspaper. They are now being detained under Malaysia's Internal Security Act.

Mas Selamat, the head of the JI network's Singapore cell, was recaptured in Johor on April 1 after being on the run for more than a year following his escape from a detention facility in the Republic.

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