our president was involved in the 1974 Laju incident
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SR Nathan was involved in the Laju incident on 31 January 1974, when members of the terrorist Japanese Red Army (JRA) bombed petroleum tanks on Pulau Bukom off the coast of Singapore. Nathan, was among a group of government officers who volunteered to be held hostage by the JRA to secure the release of civilian hostages. interesting...
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wow i didnt know got such an incident occurred
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our prataman not bad after all, huh?
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pls leh.. is mama shop uncle hao bu hao...Originally posted by laurence82:our prataman not bad after all, huh? -
lol damn bad sia lol
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he is the former ISD director?
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He was the head of ISD back then mah duh.
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then wat happened after they were held hostage?
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There were negotiations made, and everyone agreed on something and had a happy ending eventually. I'm serious.
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yup.. the 4 terrorist got away.. mayb they r somewhere in the world reading tis thread.. but i must say it was beri brave of our prataman.. i mean president..Originally posted by ditzy:There were negotiations made, and everyone agreed on something and had a happy ending eventually. I'm serious. -
i thought is cos he made prata mixed with sleeping pills or something let them eat...Originally posted by ditzy:There were negotiations made, and everyone agreed on something and had a happy ending eventually. I'm serious. -
Oh man! how on earth they got away? i mean doesnt the commandos or wat do to them?
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They got away coz negotiations turned out to be fruitful.
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why so smooth? they wanted 1 tonne of jalan kayu kosong prata is it?
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yes i heard before
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Last time no fong seng, no prata with strawberry of milo godzilla, so they only have prata kosong and teh halia.
Heard the Red Army people were impressed
Prata bery nice -
why they called him the prata man?
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dun tell me it's cos his face like prata?
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lol, should be people got the impression that indian make prata, so they take our president as a joke and give him the title prata man. (hope i dont cause any flaming here)Originally posted by ^tamago^:dun tell me it's cos his face like prata?
but indian prata best ah! crispy too! -
Didn't know about this interesting information.
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i tink tis story is not so well-known because in the end the terrorists managed to escape.. unlike the 1991 sq incident where all the terrorists were killed.. tat one more stylo mah..Originally posted by photo_seeker:Didn't know about this interesting information. -
lol these bunch of terrorists super jack sia -.- firstly their boat stuck on reef, then they couldnt stop the lorry and the engineer driving past, then they let hostage escape -.-
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I think there is alot of singapiore history that has been concealed, either deliberately or inadvertantly.Originally posted by monoslayer:i tink tis story is not so well-known because in the end the terrorists managed to escape.. unlike the 1991 sq incident where all the terrorists were killed.. tat one more stylo mah..
I just read a book in the library published in the 1970s. The author writes about a CIA agent who was caught trying to bribe a Singapore Official during the 1950/60s. Trap was set and the guy was caught. I think LKY managed to get something from the US out of that. Not sure though. -
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The ‘Laju’ incident is a measure of the confidence and daring of members of the Singapore Commandos (formed just five years earlier) to provide the necessary assurance for Singapore officials to act as guarantors in a potentially explosive situation. It also demonstrates SAF’s operational readiness to handle any crisis and situation that threatens the security of Singapore.
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what the #$%@@#
exactly what role did the commandos play in this incident?
how is this measure of "confident" and "daring" of the commandos???!!!