Internal Security Department (Singapore)

1°19′24.58″N 103°50′38.72″E The Internal Security Department (ISD; Malay: Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Chinese: 新加坡内部安全局) is the domestic counter-intelligence and security agency of Singapore under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), tasked to confront and address security threats, including both domestic and international terrorism, and foreign subversion and espionage. The ISD has the utmost right to detain without trial individuals suspected to be a threat to national security.

For the Bruneian domestic intelligence agency of the same name, see Internal Security Department (Brunei).
Internal Security Department
Agency overview
Formed17 February 1966 (1966-02-17)
Preceding agency
  • Special Branch, as part of the Malayan Security Service (1948)
HeadquartersNew Phoenix Park, 30 Irrawaddy Road, Singapore
Minister responsible
Parent agencyMinistry of Home Affairs
Websitemha.gov.sg/isd

Internal Security Department
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese新加坡内部安全局
Traditional Chinese新加坡內部安全局
Malay name
MalayJabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri

The role of ISD ranges from monitoring and addressing potential threats from communism; racial tension, which might affect public order; domestic and international terrorism; foreign surveillance; fraud against the state to the apprehension of suspected militants or terrorists.

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