"3 Singaporeans dealt with under ISA for terror-related activities: MHA
SINGAPORE: Three Singaporeans - two men and a woman - were dealt with under the Internal Security Act (ISA) between September and November this year for terror-related activities, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced in a media release on Thursday (Nov 9).
One of them was issued with a Restriction Order. The other two, including a 38-year-old housewife, were given a Detention Order.
None of them were reported by relatives or friends, said MHA in response to media queries, adding that there is no evidence that any of them had plans to carry out attacks in Singapore.
Of those detained, Abu Thalha Samad, 25, was found to be a member of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
He lived overseas for 15 years before he was deported to Singapore in August, with the help of a government in the region that MHA did not name.
Abu Thalha was educated in JI-linked schools in the region from a young age, MHA said, adding that he also went through paramilitary training in some of the schools he attended.
It is critical that if people are aware that someone they know is radicalised, they should quickly report to the authorities, before the individual gets involved in terrorist conduct.
Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, said these cases were "another reminder that (the) community requires support and guidance from sound and credible religious sources".
He also warned against underestimating the influence of online sources, urging the community to "be very discerning" about what they see on the Internet."
Guessed this type of discovery will go on for a while more. Only way to break it is the total realisation by human being that religion is a very personal thing n there is no way to force it on anyone else!!
Guessed this is a bit of a break too for Sgp people who had heard too much of the farcical SMRT tragedy!!
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