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In February 2006, alleged JI head Mas Selamat bin Kastari was extradited from Indonesia and detained under the ISA. He escaped from custody on 27 February 2008 [142] and was only rearrested by the Malaysian authorities on 1 April 2009. [143] He was transferred back to Singapore for detention under the ISA on 24 September 2010. [144]
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.
Indonesia, [c] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [d] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands , including Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , and parts of Borneo and New Guinea .
The flagship school, SIS South Jakarta, is located next to Bona Vista Apartments in South Jakarta and has ten sister schools in Indonesia located in Kelapa Gading (Northeast Jakarta and Sedayu City), Pantai Indah Kapuk, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Semarang, Palembang, and Cilegon; with two additional schools to be established in Manado and Batam. [1]
The ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute is a research institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1968.
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
ISS International School (usually referred to as ISS and formerly known as the International School of Singapore [2]) is a co-educational international school in Singapore.. It is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School founded in 1981 and offers IB curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 12. and is located along Preston Road and Depot Road, in the Alexandra neighbourhood of Singapo
International schools in Singapore; School Country Campus(es) Level Examination(s) Enrollment Established Australian International School Singapore (AISS) Australia: Lorong Chuan: Preschool - Secondary (Grade 12) IGCSE, HSC, IB Diploma Programme: 2,300: 1993 Canadian International School (Singapore) (CISS) Canada International: Jurong West ...