Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng spoke at length at a grassroots event last night and also to reporters later on the recent arrests by the Internal Security Department.
TERRORISTS do not respect national borders and it is naive to assume that Singaporeans who engage in terrorist violence overseas pose no threat at home, said Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng
THE arrest of Abdul Basheer shows that terrorism is a real threat here, and one that cannot be taken lightly, the president of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) Alami Musa said yesterday.
News of the arrest of a well-educated young man who was drawn to radical Islamist ideology he looked up on the Internet caused waves in the community and among security experts last evening. JEREMY AU YONG finds out about this new phenomenon.
