SINGAPORE (June 1): Singapore’s security agencies remain on high vigilance amid the highest terrorism threat to Singapore in recent years, says the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a report on Thursday.

“While threats from groups like Al Qaeda (AQ) and the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) remain, it is the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threat which has shaped our security landscape for the last few years,” MHA says in a statement.

MHA says the country is a key target of ISIS, with the jihadist group having plotted to carry out at least two attacks against Singapore in the past year.

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