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History Chapter 9, part A, what security challenges did Singapore face in…

- - - - indo saboteurs
      - in public places, terrorise population, disrupt life
      - intially military + public utilities, heavily guarded, difficult to attack
    - - Singaporeans to stay on high alert
      - Avoid handling suspicious looking parcels into buildings/streets
      - Volunteer force to patrol neighbourhood
      - School practice emergency drill
    - - 10 march 1965
      - HQ of British owned bank
      - 3 DEAD, 33 INJURED
      - Damage nearby buildings, cars
      - 2 indo soldiers arrested
        
        Charged with murder
        
        Guilty, hanged
        
        angry response from Indo students in SG, attack embassy, homes of SG diplomats in Jakarta
- - - - 1970s, split into smaller groups
      - no longer so formidable as no longer unified
      - still dangerous to INTERNAL SECURITY
    - - many weapons, (pistols, grenades)
    - - killed a 7 y/o girl in changi 1970
      - bomb in Katong 1974
      - attempted to assasinate the commissioner of police 1976
  - - - foreign terrorist hijack ferry boat Laju
      - hold crew members hostage
      - only release after few days when granted safe passage frm sg to kuwait
    - - disrupt oil supply frm sg to south viet
- - - - result in worsen employment