Singapore has detained another Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) member for his involvement in the terrorist group, The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Sunday.
The ministry said that the internal security act's order against Rijal Yadri Jumari, who was arrested in February this year, was issued three days ago.
Rijal Yadri Jumari, 27, is a member of JI's "Al-Ghuraba" cell which aims to develop young members to become trained operatives and future leaders, said the ministry.
Rijal Yadri Jumari went to Afghanistan in 2000 and was trained at Al-Qaeda's Camp Farouq in Kandahar where he learnt how to handle weapons, explosives, surveillance and guerrilla warfare, according to Channel News Asia reports.
JI is a Southeast Asia-based terrorist organization. Singapore has detained over 30 JI members for the past years. But the leader of the Singapore terrorist JI network, Mas Selamat Kastari, escaped from the country's Whitley road detention center later February this year, and a massive manhunt involving the police and armed soldiers has since been underway to track down the escaped detainee.
Source:Xinhua
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