SINGAPORE: Two Singaporeans were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in August for planning to join militant group Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria and take up arms, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday.
The two men were detained in separate cases. They are Muhammad Shamin Mohamed Sidek, 29, who was previously convicted for inciting violence on social media, and Muhammad Harith Jailani, 18, who was radicalised by the militant propaganda online.
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