Eradicating Gang-related Activities

Debated in Parliament on 3 Apr 2017.

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The Minister reported that rioting cases with secret society connotations have declined over the past three years, with a corresponding drop in youth involvement, indicating effective control through strict enforcement and tough laws.
Authorities are implementing preventive and rehabilitative initiatives, including anti-gang talks in schools, training camps with self-reflection activities, and the Streetwise Programme with curfews and counselling for at-risk youths.
Agencies such as the Singapore Police Force, Prison Service, and Ministries of Education and Social Development collaborate with voluntary welfare organisations to address gang-related activities and support youth intervention.
Measures are in place to monitor and counter the use of social media for gang recruitment, focusing on identifying and educating at-risk youths through targeted programmes and online surveillance.

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Er Dr Lee Bee Wah

Er Dr Lee Bee Wah asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in the past three years, how many people have been arrested for gang-related activities; (b) what are the authorities doing to outlaw gangsterism; and (c) in light of gangs using social media to recruit youths, what is being done to identify and educate at-risk youths.

K Shanmugam

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) closely monitors and controls the gang situation in Singapore through tough laws and strict enforcement.

The number of rioting cases with secret society connotations is an indicator of the gang situation in Singapore. In the last three years, these rioting cases have declined from 62 cases in 2014 to 55 cases in 2015 and 52 cases in 2016. The number of gang-related rioting cases involving youths has also declined, from 21 cases in 2014 to 16 cases per year in 2015 and 2016.

Beyond enforcement, SPF also works closely with the Singapore Prison Service, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social and Family Development and voluntary welfare organisations to implement a range of preventive intervention and rehabilitative initiatives targeting at-risk youths.

One key preventive initiative is the conduct of anti-gang talks, especially targeted at secondary school students, to discourage them from getting involved in street gang activities. Since 2008, SPF has also been conducting training camps for youths to steer them away from crime or gang-related activities through team-based activities, self-reflection and sharing sessions by former gang members.

In addition, youths detected to be involved in gang activities may also be diverted to the Streetwise Programme, which includes curfew hours and counselling sessions involving the youths and their parents.

We will continue to keep a tight rein on gang activities in Singapore, including closely monitoring gang-related activities online.

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The Minister reported that rioting cases with secret society connotations have declined over the past three years, with a corresponding drop in youth involvement, indicating effective control through strict enforcement and tough laws.
Authorities are implementing preventive and rehabilitative initiatives, including anti-gang talks in schools, training camps with self-reflection activities, and the Streetwise Programme with curfews and counselling for at-risk youths.
Agencies such as the Singapore Police Force, Prison Service, and Ministries of Education and Social Development collaborate with voluntary welfare organisations to address gang-related activities and support youth intervention.
Measures are in place to monitor and counter the use of social media for gang recruitment, focusing on identifying and educating at-risk youths through targeted programmes and online surveillance.

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Eradicating Gang-related Activities

Debated in Parliament on 3 Apr 2017.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The Minister reported that rioting cases with secret society connotations have declined over the past three years, with a corresponding drop in youth involvement, indicating effective control through strict enforcement and tough laws.
Authorities are implementing preventive and rehabilitative initiatives, including anti-gang talks in schools, training camps with self-reflection activities, and the Streetwise Programme with curfews and counselling for at-risk youths.
Agencies such as the Singapore Police Force, Prison Service, and Ministries of Education and Social Development collaborate with voluntary welfare organisations to address gang-related activities and support youth intervention.
Measures are in place to monitor and counter the use of social media for gang recruitment, focusing on identifying and educating at-risk youths through targeted programmes and online surveillance.

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Er Dr Lee Bee Wah

K Shanmugam

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) closely monitors and controls the gang situation in Singapore through tough laws and strict enforcement.

We will continue to keep a tight rein on gang activities in Singapore, including closely monitoring gang-related activities online.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

The Minister reported that rioting cases with secret society connotations have declined over the past three years, with a corresponding drop in youth involvement, indicating effective control through strict enforcement and tough laws.
Authorities are implementing preventive and rehabilitative initiatives, including anti-gang talks in schools, training camps with self-reflection activities, and the Streetwise Programme with curfews and counselling for at-risk youths.
Agencies such as the Singapore Police Force, Prison Service, and Ministries of Education and Social Development collaborate with voluntary welfare organisations to address gang-related activities and support youth intervention.
Measures are in place to monitor and counter the use of social media for gang recruitment, focusing on identifying and educating at-risk youths through targeted programmes and online surveillance.

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