The son of alleged terrorist Mas Selamat who was arrested at his own wedding in October and then deported back to Singapore has been placed on a two-year detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
According to a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), 25-year-old Masyhadi bin Mas Selamat had been studying in Jemaah Islamiyah’s (JI) religious schools in Indonesia since he was 13 years old. It was there that he got radicalised by their teachings and had undergone paramilitary training. When Masyhadi turned 21, he became a member of the JI terrorist organisation after taking an oath of allegiance with them.
During his time with JI, Masyhadi had conducted JI surveillance activities and distributed radical propaganda online.
Separately, two Singaporeans — 23-year-old Zakaria bin Rosdan and 29-year-old Muhammad Khairul Sofri bin Osman — have been confined to a two-year Restriction Order under the ISA from December 2013.
MHA said that Zakaria and Khairul had been self-radicalised by online videos and websites, and were prepared to get involved in violent jihad in places of conflict like Syria.
Zakaria personally tried to contact a number of foreign militant entities through the net in an attempt to join them and Khairul had played a part in encouraging and assisting him.
Also, JI member Mohd Azmi bin Ali was released from detention and issued with a restriction order on Dec. 15, 2013.
Azmi, who’s been detained since December of 2009, took refuge overseas to avoid being found out by the Singapore authorities after security operations were conducted against the JI network in December of 2001.
As Azmi was cooperative and responsive to rehabilitation, it was determined that he no longer posed a security threat that required preventive detention.
Six other JI members who had been cooperative and responsive to rehabilitation efforts also had their restriction orders lapsed between December of 2013 and January of 2014.
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