Page 8 - Internal Security Act News Today

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

Singapore News - To map out the true extent of the threat that the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group posed to Singapore, Internal Security Department (ISD) officers spent more than 600 hours working round the clock in the early 2000s. Investigators, analysts and field officers generated... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Thailand's new government has lifted emergency rule in the country’s troubled south, where a Muslim insurgency has claimed thousands of lives

Thailand this week lifted emergency rule in parts of the country’s restive south, where a Muslim insurgency has claimed thousands of lives over the past two decades. Critics said the emergency measures had led to rampant human rights abuses. The predominantly Buddhist country imposed an emergency decree over its three southernmost provinces in 2005, a…

On October 19 1977 – also known as Black Wednesday – this country, under the apartheid rule, knew nothing about

Singapore must stay vigilant as terrorist groups will seek to exploit such conflicts, says Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam.

Rest of World News: Singapore has increased police patrolling and reassessed the security of potential target attack places in light of the situation in Gaza, according t

SINGAPORE, Oct 12 — While the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas is evoking strong and divisive views across the world, including in Southeast Asia, Singaporeans must not...

Shanmugam added that Singapore is taking "additional measures" to improve its security.

Security agencies here are watching the situation closely, he added. Read more at straitstimes.com.