26 May, 2020

Quora Answer: Would a Citizen Who Joined a Terrorist Group be Allowed Back if They Changed Their Mind?


Singapore is very straightforward about this.  If a citizen left to join a terrorist group, we would want them back.  But only to try them in court, and hang them for sedition, if it came to that.  Otherwise, there is a deradicalisation programme.

Whilst stripping them of citizenship seems satisfying, it would imply that we have abandoned our policy of ignoring dual citizenship.  This also means that such a person will not only escape justice by running off to another country, but is a source of radicalisation that threatens our security.  Even when it comes to Permanent Residents, we make them serve out their sentence first, if there is no capital punishment, before stripping them of their PR status and deporting them.



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