I was prepared to become a hostage: ISD officer recounts 1974 Laju hijacking
Former ISD officer Saraj Din talks about his role in the Laju incident, 50 years on. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Risking his life to save hostages: Ex-ISD officer recounts 1974 Laju hijacking
SINGAPORE — Early on in negotiations with four armed terrorists who had bombed the Shell oil refinery on Pulau Bukom and hijacked a boat, the Internal Security Department (ISD) made an impossible ask. The authorities needed volunteer officers in a proposed exchange for the crew members of the Laju, the ferry that the terrorists had taken at gunpoint on Jan...
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