S'pore repatriates 2 Bangladeshi men, 25 & 37, for extremist social media posts

Two Bangladeshi men in Singapore were repatriated and had their work permits revoked after making extremist posts on social media.

Tayani Md Risad, 25, and Islam Sahedul, 37, were separately investigated by the Internal Security Department (ISD) in July 2026, The Strait Times reported.

Neither man is connected to any previous cases concerning self-radicalised individuals who were dealt with under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

Views

According to an ISD spokeswoman, Risad reportedly expressed support for Shafiur Rahman Farabi, a Bangladeshi national who is a radical Islamist blogger and writer.

Farabi incited violence against atheist and secular bloggers.

He is also allegedly linked to the fundamentalist Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which the Bangladeshi government banned.

Meanwhile, Sahedul reportedly made inflammatory posts on the Israel-Iran conflict.

He also posted divisive religious views and referred to Muslims who do not want to be governed under Islamic law as infidels

No indication

ISD found no indication of intention of terrorist attacks or terrorist activities in Singapore from the men.

“However, their extremist and divisive views are inimical to Singapore’s multiracial and multi-religious society,” the ISD spokeswoman said.

It was unclear what work the pair were doing in Singapore.

Remittance warriors

Both men were detained and handed over to immigration authorities after arriving at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh on Jul. 8, The Business Standard reported.

Bangladeshi media reported that the authorities there seized three phones and three passports from the pair.

During their hearing in court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Risad claimed he was detained in Singapore over Facebook posts made in 2023 on Farabi.

He claims Farabi was a leader of Hefazat-e-Islam in Bangladesh, who had previously been jailed and was later released.

The judge granted the accused a three-day remand and questioned their involvement.

The judge reportedly said: “You are remittance warriors. Why did you need to get involved in these matters?”

"Remittance warriors" is a term for migrant workers who leave their home countries to take on labour-intensive jobs overseas to remit money back to their families.

The accused were unrepresented.