S'pore issues preventive detention on 15-year-old, youngest to date

A self-radicalised 15-year-old Singaporean was issued with an order of detention (OD), the youngest individual to date dealt with the under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for terrorism-related activities in Singapore.

According to the republic’s Internal Security Department (ISD), the 15-year-old male was a Secondary Three student at the time of his arrest under ISA in November 2022 and was issued with the OD in December 2022.

“Investigations found that...