Singapore Needs To Stay Alert To Potential Terrorist Threats…

While Singapore sees no specific or credible terrorist threats
at present, there is still a need to stay alert to potential
threats on the horizon, local newspaper the Straits Times reported
Thursday, quoting a report, trend reports citing xinhua .

Released by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, the report said the
easing of COVID-19-related movement restrictions and resuming of
cross-border travel could prompt a surge in terrorist movement and
activities, including around Southeast Asia.

The report said that Singapore continues to remain a high-value
target for both terrorist organizations and self-radicalized lone
actors.

The primary threat in Singapore still emanates from individuals
self-radicalized through online means, it added.

‘As such, the authorities will need to continue to take a
proactive stance against those seeking to recruit and radicalize
individuals for the purpose of committing terrorist acts, or to
foment ethnic or religious divisions in the community.’

Since 2015, 45 self-radicalized individuals have been dealt with
under the Internal Security Act in Singapore. While figures have
declined slightly in recent years from a high of 17 cases in 2016
to a single case each in 2021 and 2022, cases of
self-radicalization persist, according to the report.

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