The Internal Security Act 1960 of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organised violence against persons and property,
Old Parliament House 4, Singapore, Jan 06
Home affairs minister Teo Chee Hean (pictured) justified the ISA in Parliament in 2011
Timeline of legal developments concerning the exercise of discretion under the ISA
The courtroom of the Court of Appeal in the Old Supreme Court Building
Mas Selamat Kastari
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Mas Selamat Kastari is an Indonesian-born Singaporean who was, for more than a year, Singapore's most-wanted fugitive after escaping from detention on 27 February 2008. The search for him has been des
Internal Security Act (Singapore)
…January 2002 (and later released in September 2011), and another 21 members were arrested and detained in August 2002. In February 2006, alleged JI head Mas Selamat Kastari was extradited from Indonesia and detained under the ISA. He escaped from custody on 27 February 2008 and was only rearrested by the Malaysian authorities…
Wanted posters were visible everywhere in Singapore after his escape, such as this one at Somerset MRT station.