Singapore a 'prime target' for terrorist attack

Security checks are essential as some 90,000 people pass through Woodlands Checkpoint daily. - The Straits Times/ANN

MALAYSIA carried out more than 100 arrests of people suspected of having links to the Islamic State (IS) terror group and foiled seven terrorist plots last year.

Indonesia made at least 74 terror-related arrests and prevented nine plots last year – yet an attack occurred in Jakarta on Jan 14 this year.