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ID090544
Title ProperSingapore mutiny (1915) and the genesis of political intelligence in Singapore
LanguageENG
AuthorComber, Leon
Publication2009.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This paper describes how political intelligence evolved in Singapore and the establishment for the first time of a political intelligence bureau, the forerunner of the Singapore Police Special Branch and the present-day Internal Security Department (ISD). It is an example of British imperial practice as the early roots of intelligence in Singapore owed much to the experience gained earlier in British India in dealing with intelligence matters. The establishment of an intelligence bureau in Singapore came about as a direct result of the Singapore Mutiny (15 February 1915), and in the following year the newly-established bureau was renamed the Criminal Intelligence Department and absorbed into the Straits Settlements Police. In September 1933, it became the Singapore Special Branch, the forerunner of present-day Singapore's Internal Security Department.
`In' analytical NoteIntelligence and National Security Vol. 24, No. 4; Aug 2009: p529-541
Journal SourceIntelligence and National Security Vol. 24, No. 4; Aug 2009: p529-541
Key WordsSingapore ;  Political Intelligence ;  Intelligence