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PM Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore authorities knew of close to a dozen more people who wanted to go to Syria to fight.
Some succeeded. Others were detected in time.
Singapore also uses the Internal Security Act to detain suspected terrorists before they act. “But we don’t just lock them away and throw away the key. We strive to rehabilitate the detainees,” Mr Lee said.
About 70 people have been detained for terrorism-related actions since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks in the US. About three-quarters have been rehabilitated and released.
A terrorist attack does not just inflict physical harm, but also tears at the social fabric.
“We are a multiracial society. If we ever suffer a terrorist attack, the harm is not just the physical damage and loss of life but the fear, the suspicion, the breakdown of racial and religious harmony of our society, and our social fabric would be rent apart,” he said.
The problem must be dealt with at the ideological level, and the “social fabric from which they could spring”.
Source: Today
Singapore also uses the Internal Security Act to detain suspected terrorists before they act. “But we don’t just lock them away and throw away the key. We strive to rehabilitate the detainees,” Mr Lee said.
About 70 people have been detained for terrorism-related actions since the Sept 11, 2001 attacks in the US. About three-quarters have been rehabilitated and released.
A terrorist attack does not just inflict physical harm, but also tears at the social fabric.
“We are a multiracial society. If we ever suffer a terrorist attack, the harm is not just the physical damage and loss of life but the fear, the suspicion, the breakdown of racial and religious harmony of our society, and our social fabric would be rent apart,” he said.
The problem must be dealt with at the ideological level, and the “social fabric from which they could spring”.
Source: Today
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