It also represents a blow to already limited press freedoms, as it contains a new ban on the filming of security force operations and actions. Full Article at Singabloodypore
SINGAPORE: A volunteer religious group, which plays a huge role in rehabilitating Jemaah Islamiyah detainees in Singapore, has released its second religious counselling manual. Full Article at Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE : Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng will visit China from Sunday till Tuesday. Full Article at Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: The daily coverage by selected media of the month-long leadership tussle at the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) was, in the words of Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, "extensive" and "breathless". Full Article at Channel News Asia
Mas Selamat Kastari, said to be a leader of the Singapore branch of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), who escaped from a high security detention centre of Singapore on February 27,2008, and had remained undetected since then, is reported to have been traced by... Full Article at Global Geopolitics News and Analysis
SINGAPORE: Details of the capture of Singapore's fugitive Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari on April 1 in Johor Bahru have emerged as both the Singapore and Malaysian governments confirm his arrest. Full Article at Rantburg
Source: Reuters Published: May 8, 2009 SINGAPORE (Reuters) A man suspected of leading a radical Islamist group linked to the 2002 Bali bombings has been arrested in Malaysia, more than a year after his escape from a high-security prison in Singapore, a... Full Article at Democratic Underground
(CNN) -- A terrorism suspect -- whose 2008 escape from Singapore launched a global manhunt -- has been arrested in Malaysia, according to authorities there. Full Article at CNN
MELBOURNE, Australia: Regional governments can invoke "draconian" powers if the swine flu virus reaches a worst-case scenario, from monitoring people in their own homes to seizing control of entire economies. Full Article at Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: Senior pastor of the Church Of Our Saviour Derek Hong has issued a public apology for using the pulpit to give backing to the Association of Women for Action and Research's (AWARE) executive committee in their dispute with the group's... Full Article at Channel News Asia