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Laju Incident
The Laju incident, also known as the Laju ferry hijacking, occurred on 31 January 1974 in Singapore. Four armed men from the terrorist groups Japanese Red Army and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacked the Shell oil refinery complex on Pulau Bukom and later hijacked the ferryboat ''Laju'' and took its five crew members hostage. The crisis was resolved after the Singapore government provided the terrorists safe passage to the Middle East in exchange for the release of the hostages. Background The group behind the attack-plan originally intended to attack an Esso oil refinery at Slagentangen outside Tønsberg in Norway but changed their plans after Norwegian authorities raised a public terror-alarm in 1973, causing the group to retract and change their plans. Attacks on Pulau Bukom On 31 January 1974, a group of four men armed with submachine guns and explosives launched a terrorist attack on the Shell oil refinery complex located at Pulau Bukom, a small island ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulau Bukom
Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum ( zh, 毛广岛; ta, புளு புகோம்), is a small restricted-access island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of Mainland Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about . Pulau Bukom is also known as ''Pulau Bukom Besar'', which has a small companion islet to its south called ''Pulau Bukom Kechil''. This companion islet is currently connected to Pulau Ular and Pulau Busing by reclaimed land, making the three of them appear as one large island on satellite imagery. Etymology The island's name is thought to come from the Malay name for a seashell called ''rangkek bukom'', which is wide at one end and tapers to a narrow point, the shape of the island prior to land reclamation. ''Bukum'' is said to be the same as ''hukum'', and there is a tradition that a raja used to try cases on the island, hence the name, probably through the intermediate form ''berhuku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security And Intelligence Division
The Security and Intelligence Division (SID) is the foreign intelligence service of Singapore under the purview of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), tasked with gathering, processing and analysing national security information from around the world that concerns the country's external security and national interests. Although it is within the Ministry of Defence, it has a certain independence in that it is not under the control of either of the Permanent Secretaries for Defence. It is also highly secretive as most of its personnel are only known to Singapore's top officials. The SID is led by a director, who holds the rank equivalent of Permanent Secretary and reports directly to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). In the 1970s, the director reported directly to the Minister for Defence. Background The SID shared a similar background to its domestic counterpart, the Internal Security Department (ISD). In the aftermath of 1915 Singapore Mutiny, to collect the political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 1974 Events In Asia
January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer). In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa. Ancient Roman observances during this month include Cervula and Juvenalia, celebrated January 1, as well as one of three Agonalia, celebrated January 9, and Carmentalia, celebrated January 11. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. History January (in Latin, ''Ianuarius'') is named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology. Traditionally, the original Roman calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
