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The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organized violence against persons and property, and do other things incidental to the internal security of Singapore.
Internal Security Act (Singapore) McCarran Internal Security Act, a United States federal law; Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, a South African law, renamed the "Internal Security Act" in 1976; Internal Security Act, 1982, a South African law
The plot was uncovered in late November 2020 by the Internal Security Department, who arrested a 16-year-old Indian Singaporean Protestant youth under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The perpetrator reportedly expressed anti-Islamic views and was inspired by the actions of Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch mosque shooter. The suspect is the ...
The department was initially established as the Criminal Intelligence Department in 1918 after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1915. In 1933, the CID was renamed as Special Branch. [1]In 1939, it was restructured into the Malayan Security Service (MSS) which was not yet fully operational by the time of the outbreak of the Second World War.
Teo stood as a candidate for the Singapore Democratic Party in the 2011 general election.She is pictured here at a rally in Clementi on 28 April 2011.. On 21 May 1987, Teo Soh Lung, a lawyer, was detained under the Internal Security Act ("ISA") [1] of Singapore together with other persons for purported involvement in a conspiracy to overthrow the Government by force and replace it with a ...
Sixteen people were arrested and detained without trial under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA) for their alleged involvement in "a Marxist conspiracy to subvert the existing social and political system in Singapore, using communist united front tactics, with a view to establishing a Marxist state."
Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs is a seminal case in administrative law decided by the Court of Appeal of Singapore in 1988. The Court decided the appeal in the appellants' favour on a technical ground, but considered obiter dicta the reviewability of government power in preventive detention cases under the Internal Security Act ("ISA").
Counter-terrorism in Singapore is a series of detection and prevention measures to minimize the damage caused by terrorism. These measures involve the participation of all levels of society, including defence, internal security, border and infrastructure security, civil defense, and gives special focus on areas such as medical readiness and psychological preparedness.