Free Malaysia Today, 18 Jul 2010
It had to happen sooner or later. And it just did. What was surprising was it happened right smack in the very heart of an institution whose custodial duties are nothing but the protection and security of the city-state.
Earlier this month, Singapore announced it was detaining one of its soldiers for the very reason that created the London bombers of July 2007 and its ilk.
The detention of 20-year old Muhammad Fadil Abdul Hamid along with two others comes at a rather awkward time this year when the country was only slowly begin to recover from news gleaned out captured terrorist operative, Mas Selamat that his band of operatives were planning to blow up train stations and wreak havoc in the city-state. Full Story