US criticises Singapore for not doing enough on terrorism: MFA hits back

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/s-pore-surprised/747942.html

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Home and Foreign Affairs Ministries have taken issue with a United States government report on terrorism.

Both ministries said they were “surprised and disappointed” at comments in the State Department's 2012 Country Reports on Terrorism, which had cast a negative light on Singapore's bilateral and multilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism.

 

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http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/210204.pdf

In 2012, Singapore’s bilateral and multilateral engagement on counterterrorism intelligence and law enforcement cooperation was inconsistent and marked by a transactional mindset that impeded the development of broad, deep, and predictable agency-to-agency relationships. While some agencies have had success from time to time, Singapore appeared to provide selective cooperation dependent upon the issue.