Singapore's Defense Minister says his nation faces trans-national terrorist threats
Singapore faces its highest terrorism threat
level since the beginning of the millennium, Singapore's Defense Minister Ng
Eng Hen said.
"There are no signs to indicate that
this will abate. This is a long-term problem, and we have to deal with it as a
long-term problem," he said ahead of the country’s armed forces day on
July 1.
Citing recent terrorism incidents including
last month's suicide bombings, which killed 13 people in Indonesia, he pointed
out to what he described as an increased terrorism threat.
Southeast Asian governments have for years
highlighted the risk from returning fighters from Syria and Iraq.
He added there was also a greater need for
regional and international partnerships to deal with trans-national terrorist
threats.
