SINGAPORE: Due to the “heightened security position in the region,” difficulties are anticipated at all Singapore gates starting on September 9 through to September 14.
In a Facebook post on Sunday ( Sep 8 ), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority ( ICA ) did not specify what this meant.
Arriving travelers at area, air, and water checkpoints will go through “enhanced safety checks,” and they should take into account additional time for immigration certification, according to the ICA.
Pope Francis will make his last stop in Asia-Pacific, stopping in Singapore from September 11 to September 13.
During his halt in Indonesia before in the week, authorities arrested seven people , for supposedly making “terror risks” online against the 87-year-old Catholic head.
The defendants were apprehended in places near Jakarta, as well as in West Sumatra and Bangka Belitung, respectively.  ,
They were accused of publishing photos and statements that suggested bombing the bishop’s open meetings in Jakarta online.
Pope Francis is now halfway through his 12-day journey, which has been the longest and most distant so far in his presidency.
On Sunday, he led an open-air size for an estimated 35, 000 individuals in , Papua New Guinea. His next halt is Timor Leste, which has a high Catholic population, before flying to Singapore for two days later in the week.