Singapore an important target for terrorists; recent attacks, arrests in Malaysia a reminder of threat: Shanmugam

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam speaking to the media on Jun 28, 2024. SINGAPORE: Singapore remains “a very important target” for terrorists, and the recent attacks and arrests in Malaysia show the need to be “very alert” to such threats, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Friday .

Investigations revealed threats against Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, dignitaries and senior police force officials, Malaysia’s Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said at a press conference on Monday.Mr Shanmugam said that the Malaysian Special Branch’s actions against terrorism suspects help “significantly mitigate the threat to Singapore and the region”.

“Extremist narratives have radicalised many individuals, including here in Singapore. As long as these ideologies persist, it will continue to inspire attacks,” he said.“We make regular assessments – the ISD makes regular assessments – and what has happened is something that has to be factored in , but I won’t say that it has come as a big shock,” he said, of the impact the two recent incidents in Malaysia have had on the threat assessment in Singapore.

Mr Shanmugam noted that the attacker, Radin Luqman, had gone with a bag of metal sheets and other objects, like a bulletproof vest across his chest. This meant that the “brazen attack” was likely “pre-planned and pre-prepared”, he said.Farhah Sobrina Radin Imran, 23, at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court on Jun 19, 2024.

File photo of the Johor-Singapore Causeway taken from Marsiling Lane. . “So sometimes when the checks take some time, people have to understand that this is a matter of security and is serious.”

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