SINGAPORE: South-East Asia faces “very real” threats from the Islamic State (IS) group despite their defeat in the Middle East, as well as cyber-attacks, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned as he opened a regional summit.
Parts of the 10-country region, encompassing about 650 million people, have long struggled with militancy and the emergence of IS has served as a new rallying point for radicals and re-energised extremist groups.
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