The teen who was found to have radicalised himself had consumed online far-right extremist propaganda since 2022, said the Internal Security Department ( ISD ). The 16-year-old became the second Singapore an pulled up under the Internal Security Act for being radicalised by far-right extremist ideologies. He was issued a restriction order in November 2023, ISD said in a statement on Jan 24.
Far-right ideologies often espouse white supremacist, anti-Islam, xenophobic and anti-immigration beliefs, which can be adapted to fit Singapore, said ISD. Such beliefs advocate the superiority of specific communities that have a shared ethnic, racial, cultural, religious or linguistic identity. ISD said: “Far-right extremist rhetoric promotes an ‘us-versus-them’ narrative, ‘them’ being members of other communities who are perceived to be the enemy.”The latest ISD report in 2023 that assessed terrorist threats to Singapore said recent terror incidents inspired by far-right extremism overseas suggest that the ideology is increasingly becoming widesprea
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