Spore is never short of spying activity.
Minister for Home Affairs (Mr Wong Kan Seng )said in a written reply released in Parliament on 20.01.1999 and reported in Zaobao on 22.01.1999:
extract:6 persons were detained in 1997 and 1998 under Order of Detention for
espionage.4 of them had been released under Suspension Order.
1.In 1997,one female Sg citizen and a male SPR were arrested.The man worked for a foreign spy agency and he recruited the female to assist him.
2.In 1998,4 sg male citizens were arrested. 3 worked for foreign spy agency. One of them recruited the 4 th.They were spying to collect info in local community organisations and espionage.
3.The two caught in 1997 and two in 1998 had been released after detained for
4 to 11 months.
End of extract
4.The two remaining were still detained in June 2000,as told by Mr Wong
in a interview by ZB on 26.06.2000.
5.
One was still on Restriction Order Parliment 2003-03-14
Minister for Home Affairs (Mr Wong Kan Seng) answered to a question:
How many people are now detained for espionage cases? As of today, actually nobody has been detained. All have been released, and one is on a restriction order.
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http://www.parliament.gov.sg/parlweb/hansard_search_latest.jsp6.One or two cases have been reported.I will tell u if I got the info.