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SIngapore said to be still facing terrorist risk

Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew says his country remains at risk from a terrorist attack because leaders of regional extremist cells are still at large in Indonesia.

The Straits Times reported that the former prime minister, speaking Sunday at a community gathering, likened terrorist groups to multinational corporations with a presence in several countries.

He says that despite Singapore's arrest of 13 suspects with alleged links to the al-Qaeda network led by the world's most wanted man Osama bin Laden, it's still in danger because the terrorist leaders remain free.

19/02/2002 06:04:37 | ABC Radio Australia News

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