Student, housewife dealt with by ISD
Nick Lee Xing Qiu, 18
Lee was in December 2024 issued with an Order of Detention under the Internal Security Act.
Lee was radicalised by violent far-right extremist ideologies and aspired to conduct attacks against Malays and Muslims in Singapore.
He started forming an antipathy towards Muslims in early-2023, after coming acrossIslamophobic and far-right extremist content on social media.
Beyond consuming far-right extremist material recommended to him by online algorithms, Lee also spent time searching for extremist online content.
In June 2023, Lee searched for the livestreamed video footage of far-right terrorist Brenton Tarrant's attacks against Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, 2019.
He idolised Tarrant and started role-playing as Tarrant in a violent online simulation game. Lee even downloaded video game modifications so he could pretend to be Tarrant killing Muslims at the Al-Noor Mosque in Christchurch.
By early last year, Lee had developed a strong enmity towards Malays/Muslims2. He identified as an "East Asian supremacist", believing in the superiority of Chinese, Korean and Japaneseethnicities.
Lee aspired to carry out attacks against Muslims in Singapore with like-minded far-right individuals that he conversed with online.
His family members, teachers and schoolmates were unaware of his radicalisation.
Investigations into Lee's online contacts have not surfaced any imminent threat to Singapore.
Hamizah Hamzah, 56
In January 2025, Hamizah was issued a Restriction Order.
The hosuewife's radicalisation was triggered by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
She supported the Axis of Resistance (AOR), a network of Islamist militant and terrorist organisations.
Hamizah started following news of AOR military operations and consumed online content on the suffering of Palestinians. She joined social media groups that encouraged support for the AOR's violent operations.
She also had a deep admiration for Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaidah and was willing to entertain AOR-linked militants if contacted by them, to further her knowledge of Obaidah.
As Hamizah felt that she did not have the physical prowess and necessary resources to take up arms in the Israel-Hamas conflict, she showed her support by posting pro-AOR content.
She had no attack plans nor intentions to engage in armed violence locally or overseas.
Her family members were unaware of her radicalisation as she kept her extremist views from them.
Separately, self-radicalised Malaysian Saharuddin Saari was in November 2024 arrested and repatriated to Malaysia.
The 34-year-old, who was working as a cleaner in Singapore, was a supporter of Isis and Hamas, and wanted to travel to overseas conflict zones such as Syria and Gaza to engage in armed violence.