Dickson Yeo detained under ISA for trying to provide reports on Singapore for 'foreign state'

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SINGAPORE: Singaporean Dickson Yeo was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) on Jan 29 for acting as a paid agent for a 'foreign state', ...

on Dec 30 last year after he served his sentence. It interviewed him to establish if he had engaged in activities prejudicial to Singapore’s security.

Yeo also set up a front company in Singapore as a cover for his information-gathering activities as well as recruitment for his foreign handlers. He also tried, but failed, to get a job in the Singapore Government."ISD's investigations established that Yeo had worked for the intelligence apparatus of a foreign state and had carried out various taskings given to him by his foreign handlers in exchange for monetary gains.

Yeo was jailed in the US on Oct 9 last year after admitting to operating illegally as a foreign agent, which can bring up to 10 years in prison. They included a civilian working on the US Air Force's F-35B stealth fighter project, a Pentagon army officer with Afghanistan experience, and a State Department official, all of whom were paid as much as US$2,000 to write reports for Yeo.

Without naming the country, MHA said Huang"knowingly interacted with intelligence organisations and agents of the foreign country, and cooperated with them to influence the Singapore Government’s foreign policy and public opinion in Singapore".

 

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