SINGAPORE: The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has elevated the security threat landscape globally, including for Singapore, said Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Wednesday (Apr 8).
Mr Shanmugam said the involvement of state actors, proxies and militant networks across the Middle East region has “raised the risk of attacks and spillover incidents beyond the immediate theatre of the conflict”.
He was responding to a question from Member of Parliament Hany Soh (Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC) on whether the Internal Security Department (ISD) assesses there to be a heightened threat risk due to the Middle East situation.
She also asked how Singaporeans can help continue to safeguard the country’s “domestic stability and safety”.
In his written reply, Mr Shanmugam said since the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October 2023, ISD has detained or issued restriction orders under the Internal Security Act to six Singaporeans, whose radicalisation was “triggered or accelerated by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East”.
