Speaking to the media on Friday (June 28), Singaporean Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said the latest spate of arrests in Malaysia show that violent ISIS ideology continues to resonate in this region.
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00:00There were some arrests and earlier this week some other arrests were announced by Malaysia.
00:08The attack on the police station on 17 May, the other arrests show the need to be very
00:15alert both in Malaysia and Singapore.
00:17The Malaysian authorities have also arrested the attacker's family and they have arrested
00:22at least 15 other pro-ISIS suspects in May and June this year.
00:28The ultimate aim of the terrorists was to topple the Malaysian government.
00:32The Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has said that there were threats of
00:39attacks against His Majesty the Agong, the Malaysian Prime Minister and senior members
00:44of the Malaysian police force.
00:47ISIS' violent ideology continues to resonate in this region and is fuelled by a virtual
00:52network of supporters.
00:55These narratives have radicalised many individuals including here in Singapore and as long as
01:01these ideologies persist it will continue to inspire attacks.
01:07Our security is closely linked to Malaysia's security and due to proximity what happens
01:14in Malaysia will have an impact on our security landscape.
01:18This was our past experience with J-I. J-I members had met in Malaysia after we conducted
01:23the first wave of arrests in Singapore in December 2001.
01:27They wanted to plan retaliatory attacks against Singapore and we remain a very important target
01:32for terrorists.
01:34Malaysian Special Branch's actions, MSB's actions against the terrorist suspects helps
01:40significantly to mitigate the threat to Singapore and the region.