SINGAPORE — A Bangladeshi extremist preacher managed to enter Singapore and deliver an illegal sermon here because he used a passport with a name different from what was in the country’s security databases, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday (Aug 21).
Bangladeshi preacher used passport with different name to enter Singapore and give illegal, extremist sermon
“Amir Hamza’s sermon propagated extremist and segregationist teachings that were dangerous, and detrimental to Singapore’s communal harmony,” said MHA.Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said Singapore has to strike a balance between its security needs and the experience of travellers coming here.
In May 2022, Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara arrived at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and was denied entry and sent back to Batam on the same day.When asked by CNA if there will be a review of the agencies’ processes, Mr Shanmugam said: “You cannot be interviewing every person who is coming in as if he is maybe a potential radical, or someone who might be a radical.”
Amir Hamza had also politicised his sermon. He called the previous Bangladeshi government — led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina — “oppressors”, and claimed that they had sentenced to death people who opposed them.Neither Amir Hamza nor the organiser had applied for the necessary approval for him to give a sermon in Singapore, added the ministry.Amir Hamza has attracted security attention in Bangladesh for his alleged extremist teachings and terror links, said MHA.
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