AN Official Stamp of Disapproval
November 5, 2002
SINGAPORE was the first country to label Abu Bakar Ba’asyir the leader of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), an organization now considered to be part of an international terrorist network. The yet-to-be-proven allegation came from the country’s Internal Security Department (ISD)—the agency responsible for Singapore’s domestic security. With such a fear-provoking label, it is now nearly impossible for the country’s Kampong Glam
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