SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has repatriated two Indonesian maids who were "radicalised" by Islamists using social media, bringing the total number of such cases to 9 since 2015, the second minister for home affairs has said.
Authorities in the city-state said last month they had detained the first Singaporean for suspected Islamist radicalism as concern grows about the spread of the Islamic State group in Southeast Asia.
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