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Abdul Basheer Abdul Kader (born 1978) is self-radicalized law graduate from
Singapore. He is a
young Indian Muslim law
graduate who has been detained without trial since February 2007
under the Singapore Internal Security Act and stands
accused of planning militant activities, though no evidence of such
has been presented to the public or the courts for scrutiny.
Press reports from Singapore suggest that he was arrested after
purchasing an air ticket to Pakistan while in the middle east
(exact location not disclosed in press reports), but before flying
to Pakistan where he hoped to cross into Afghanistan.
A press
statment from the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs states that he
was given the option of appointing legal counsel to make
representations before a closed door tribunal convened to hear the
merits of his detention. The decision of the tribunal is
confidential and final and there is no avenue of appeal to the
Judiciary. He chose to make his own representations before the
tribunal and remains under detention. It is not clear what manner
of legal assistance was rendered to him to prepare for his case
before the tribunal.