Would just like to comment that the Laju incident which as credited as an occasion where Singapore s Commando SOF completed their successfull mission is not exactly so The incident which occured between Jan and Feb 1974 triggered off the realisation that Singapore needed to put in place a counter terrorist force for emergencies like the Laju incident As such the force couldn t have exist during the incident It was the members of the police force who served as voluntary hostages and police negotiators not the military s Special Operations Force which helped defuse the crisis