Shanmugam and Desmond Lee on 3 Singapore youths detained under ISA over planned attacks

Three self-radicalised male Singaporean youths — aged 14, 15 and 19 — were detained under the Internal Security Act over the last three months, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said on Monday (Jul 27). While the cases were unrelated, Mr Shanmugam said all three had planned to conduct attacks in Singapore. Two of them planned to carry out attacks in their schools.

Despite this, Education Minister Desmond Lee said schools will not introduce blanket security measures such as 100 per cent bag checks or metal detectors, adding that building a vigilant school community remains key to keeping students safe.

When asked whether cases involving self-radicalised youths would have an impact on the Malay-Muslim community and students in schools, Mr Shanmugam said Singapore should not let a few radicalised individuals “poison the whole atmosphere” and stigmatise the Malay-Muslim community. He urged Singaporeans not to draw “artificial lines” and to urge everyone to stay as “one community”. https://cna.asia/4fmxQfA

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