SINGAPORE, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Singapore authorities have arrested four radicalised Singaporeans under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for engaging in overseas armed conflict, or intending to undertake violence.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday, 27-year-old Mohammad Razif Yahya and 53-year-old Amiruddin Sawir were detained under the ISA in August 2015 for voluntarily taking up arms and participating in the sectarian conflict in Yemen,
MHA said the two started religious studies in an institution in Yemen and volunteered to take up armed sentry duties at the institution against any incursion by the Houthis.
"Razif and Amiruddin were prepared to kill and be killed as 'martyrs' in the sectarian conflict in Yemen. By taking up arms in Yemen, they have demonstrated a readiness to use violence to pursue their religious cause ... As such, they are assessed to pose a security threat to Singapore," it added.
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