More radicals caught in S'pore; country must be prepared for terror incident: Shanmugam

More radicalised people have been caught here, and Singaporeans should be psychologically prepared for an incident, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam on Feb 11.

- David Sun

He said the recent cases of a teen, a housewife and a cleaner who were dealt with under the Internal Security Act point to a worrying trend.

Mr Shanmugam was speaking to the media at the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple, next to Fort Canning Park, on the sidelines of the Thaipusam festival.

"It is a third young man that we have now issued orders against on far-right extremist ideologies. He has been consuming all the junk on race issues and has convinced himself on far-right supremacy," he said, referring to the teen.

The 18-year-old role-played as a terrorist in an online game, and wanted to start a race war between the Chinese and the Malays.