DPM Wong (right) was speaking to reporters after the launch of a block of studio flats in Bishan. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
FAMILY members need to watch for telltale signs of self-radicalisation within their own family unit.
They should take these signs seriously and not pass them off as jokes and report them to the relevant authorities such as the police and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Sunday.
He was speaking to reporters after the launch of a block of studio flats in Bishan for the elderly which are equipped with elderly-friendly features such as an emergency alarm in the units, ramps and handrails along corridors.
DPM Wong's comments about terrorism and self-radicalisation come about a week after it was reported that full-time national serviceman Muhammad Fadil Abdul Hamid will be detained for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Fadil had surfed the Internet for jihadist propaganda and had made contact with a known radical.
Several other ministers had also spoken about the detention, including the other DPM and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, as well as Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim.
FAMILY members need to watch for telltale signs of self-radicalisation within their own family unit.
They should take these signs seriously and not pass them off as jokes and report them to the relevant authorities such as the police and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Sunday.
He was speaking to reporters after the launch of a block of studio flats in Bishan for the elderly which are equipped with elderly-friendly features such as an emergency alarm in the units, ramps and handrails along corridors.
DPM Wong's comments about terrorism and self-radicalisation come about a week after it was reported that full-time national serviceman Muhammad Fadil Abdul Hamid will be detained for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Fadil had surfed the Internet for jihadist propaganda and had made contact with a known radical.
Several other ministers had also spoken about the detention, including the other DPM and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, as well as Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim.
