One significant highlight of the recent Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2023 by the Internal Security Department (ISD) was that since 2015, 11 self-radicalised Singaporean youths aged 20 or below have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
In addition, three of the four cases dealt with since the previous report in 2022 involved youths. The 2023 report noted that the
Such concern with youth radicalisation is not new. In 2018, Singaporean authorities had already observed that youth aged between 17 and 19 were “falling prey to extremist ideologies” through “heavy reliance” on “social media and the Internet” for information. There are two observations that can be made in this regard.First, youth radicalisation is not just a Singaporean, but a global and regional issue.
The same year, the Indonesian government estimated that about 101 youths had joined ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Analysts since 2018 have worried that the use of youth in terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia may well be a “future trend”.
Emotionally vulnerable youth are also relatively susceptible to false extremist promises of excitement and thrills — all for an ostensibly righteous cause. Third, youths growing up in subcultures that are relatively insulated from the wider community are also at risk. In particular, subcultures that promote exclusionary attitudes that are “self-righteous, prejudicial and condemnatory toward people outside their groups” may inadvertently soften the ground for future exploitation by extremists.
The community-building elements of the ongoing SG Secure campaign in Singapore have much relevance in the socialisation process. Third, a central piece of the policy puzzle must be education.
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