00:00There were some arrests and earlier this week some other arrests were announced by Malaysia.
00:08The attack on the police station on 17 May, the other arrests show the need to be very
00:15alert both in Malaysia and Singapore.
00:17The Malaysian authorities have also arrested the attacker's family and they have arrested
00:22at least 15 other pro-ISIS suspects in May and June this year.
00:28The ultimate aim of the terrorists was to topple the Malaysian government.
00:32The Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has said that there were threats of
00:39attacks against His Majesty the Agong, the Malaysian Prime Minister and senior members
00:44of the Malaysian police force.
00:47ISIS' violent ideology continues to resonate in this region and is fuelled by a virtual
00:52network of supporters.
00:55These narratives have radicalised many individuals including here in Singapore and as long as
01:01these ideologies persist it will continue to inspire attacks.
01:07Our security is closely linked to Malaysia's security and due to proximity what happens
01:14in Malaysia will have an impact on our security landscape.
01:18This was our past experience with J-I. J-I members had met in Malaysia after we conducted
01:23the first wave of arrests in Singapore in December 2001.
01:27They wanted to plan retaliatory attacks against Singapore and we remain a very important target
01:32for terrorists.
01:34Malaysian Special Branch's actions, MSB's actions against the terrorist suspects helps
01:40significantly to mitigate the threat to Singapore and the region.
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