Singaporean-Chinese teen who identified as white supremacist given restriction order under anti-terror law
- Investigations found the teen was self-radicalised by online propaganda and wanted to further the white supremacist cause, despite being of Chinese ethnicity
- He believed African-Americans were responsible for a significant percentage of crime in the US and deserved to ‘die a horrible death’
A 16-year-old Singaporean student who identified as a white supremacist and aspired to conduct attacks against minority groups overseas was issued with a restriction order under the Internal Security Act in November 2023, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Wednesday.
He is the second Singaporean to be dealt with under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for being radicalised by far-right extremist ideologies.
The first was detained under the ISA in December 2020, and ISD said on Wednesday that he was released and issued with a Suspension Direction this month.
ISD said the 19-year-old Singaporean had made good progress in his rehabilitation and was assessed to “no longer pose an imminent security threat”.
The 16-year-old who was issued the restriction order in November first chanced upon videos online by American far-right political commentator and white supremacist Paul Nicholas Miller, who advocated for a race war, in 2022.