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Time of India
26-06-2025
- Time of India
Singapore detains self-radicalised teens; 15 yr-old girl planned to join ISIS, 17 yr-old targeted mosques
Singapore detains self-radicalised teens: 15 yr-old girl planned to join ISIS, 17 yr-old targeted mosques Two self-radicalised Singaporean teenagers, aged 15 and 17, were issued with security orders under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in February and March 2025, Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) said in an official release. The 15-year-old female student was placed under a Restriction Order (RO), making her the first female youth in Singapore to be dealt with under the ISA. Investigations revealed that she became a supporter of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) after consuming online propaganda in mid-2023. According to ISD, the girl was deeply influenced by ISIS content and pledged allegiance to the terror group's former leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. She aspired to marry an ISIS fighter, raise a pro-ISIS family, and was willing to fight and die as a martyr in Syria. Between September 2023 and April 2024, she was actively searching for flights to Syria and tried to connect with ISIS supporters for travel advice. She was involved in multiple online romantic relationships with alleged ISIS supporters overseas. She also attempted to share pro-ISIS materials with her schoolmates and on social media, but her efforts to radicalise others were unsuccessful, ISD said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Valencia: El sеcreto de la abuela pаra alіvіar la artritіs sorprеnde a los médіcos Reumаtólogo jеfe de España Leer más Undo In a separate case, a 17-year-old male was detained under an Order of Detention (OD) for being self-radicalised by far-right extremist and racist ideologies. ISD said he came to attention during investigations into 18-year-old Nick Lee Xing Qiu, who was detained under the ISA in December 2024. The teen had been radicalised since 2022 after encountering Islamophobic content online. He reportedly adopted the belief that East Asians were superior to other ethnicities and regularly posted hateful content targeting Muslims. The 17-year-old had also taken steps to plan attacks on mosques in Singapore. Since 2015, 17 self-radicalised youths aged 20 and below have been dealt with under the ISA. Of these, nine had plans to carry out attacks in Singapore. ISD stated that the threat of youth radicalisation remains a concern in Singapore, driven by online content.
Reuters
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Singapore detains teenager radicalised by far-right extremism
SINGAPORE, Feb 11 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old Singapore student who was radicalised by violent far-right extremism online and who idolised the gunman behind deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand has been detained under the Internal Security Act, the government said. Nick Lee Xing Qiu identified as an "East Asian supremacist" and envisioned starting a "race war" between Chinese and Malays in Singapore, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said in statement issued on Monday. Advertisement · Scroll to continue "At the point of his arrest, Lee's attack ideations were aspirational and he had no timeline to carry them out," the ISD said, adding investigations into his online contacts had not revealed any imminent threats to Singapore. Lee has been detained since December under the ISA, which allows suspects to be held for up to two years without trial. The ISD said Lee found Islamophobic and far-right extremist content on social media in 2023, and then began actively searching for such content. It said he idolised the gunman who killed 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch in 2019, role-playing as him in an online simulation. "Lee aspired to carry out attacks against Muslims in Singapore with like-minded far-right individuals that he conversed with online," the ISD said. Lee is the third Singaporean youth with far-right extremist ideologies to be dealt with under the ISA, the department said, noting far-right extremism was a growing concern globally. "Youths may be more susceptible to such ideologies and may gravitate toward the sense of belonging and identity that far-right movements appear to provide," the ISD said.
Voice of America
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Voice of America
Singapore detains student accused of embracing far-right extremism
An 18-year-old Singapore student who was radicalized by violent far-right extremism online and who idolized the gunman behind deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand has been detained under the Internal Security Act, the government said. Nick Lee Xing Qiu, identified as an "East Asian supremacist," envisioned starting a "race war" between Chinese and Malays in Singapore, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said in statement issued on Monday. "At the point of his arrest, Lee's attack ideations were aspirational and he had no timeline to carry them out," the ISD said, adding investigations into his online contacts had not revealed any imminent threats to Singapore. Lee has been detained since December under the ISA, which allows suspects to be held for up to two years without trial. The ISD said Lee found Islamophobic and far-right extremist content on social media in 2023, and then began actively searching for such content. It said he idolized the gunman who killed 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch in 2019, role-playing as him in an online simulation. "Lee aspired to carry out attacks against Muslims in Singapore with like-minded, far-right individuals that he conversed with online," the ISD said. Lee is the third Singaporean youth with far-right extremist ideologies to be dealt with under the ISA, the department said, noting far-right extremism was a growing concern globally. "Youths may be more susceptible to such ideologies and may gravitate toward the sense of belonging and identity that far-right movements appear to provide," the ISD said.
South China Morning Post
11-02-2025
- South China Morning Post
Singapore detains teen ‘East Asian supremacist' for planning attacks on Muslims
Published: 2:01pm, 11 Feb 2025 An 18-year-old Singaporean student who identified as an 'East Asian supremacist' and was radicalised by violent far-right extremist ideologies has been detained under Singapore 's Internal Security Act. Nick Lee Xing Qiu, who is of Chinese ethnicity, had aspired to conduct attacks against Malays and Muslims in Singapore. He believed that the Chinese, Korean and Japanese ethnicities were superior, the Internal Security Department said on Monday. Lee was issued with a detention order in December last year. He is the third Singaporean youth with far-right extremist ideologies to be dealt with under the city state's Internal Security Act. The first case involved a 16-year-old detained in December 2020 for planning machete attacks on mosques. The second case also involved a 16-year-old who was issued with a restriction order in November 2023 after authorities found that he identified as a white supremacist and aspired to conduct attacks overseas. Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant seen in court in 2020. Nick Lee Xing Qiu came to idolise Tarrant, Singapore's Internal Security Department said. Photo: Fairfax/dpa Lee first started developing hostility towards Muslims in early 2023 after encountering Islamophobic and far-right content on social media . He spent several hours a day searching for and consuming extremist online content, according to the Internal Security Department.
