The eight Bangladeshi nationals (clockwise from top left) Islam Shariful, 27; Mamun Leakot Ali, 29; Md Jabath Kysar Haje Norul Islam Sowdagar, 30; Miah Rubel, 26; Rahman Mizanur, 31; Sohag Ibrahim, 27; Sohel Hawlader Ismail Hawlader, 29; Zzaman Daulat, 34. PHOTOS: MHA.
SINGAPORE: The eight Bangladeshi men detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) late last month for plotting terror attacks back home had each been working here for between three and 10 years, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday.
The men, who called their group Islamic State of Bangladesh (ISB), were not known to be radicalised or involved in terrorism-related activities when they first came to work in Singapore, the ministry added.
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