SINGAPORE - The work permits of two Bangladeshi workers here were cancelled after they made extremist postings on social media and were investigated by the Internal Security Department (ISD) in July.

On July 17, ISD told The Straits Times Tayani Md Risad, 25, and Islam Sahedul, 37, have been repatriated to Bangladesh.

An ISD spokeswoman said the pair were separately investigated in July for their extremist postings.

In his posts, Risad expressed support for Bangladeshi radical Islamist writer Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who has incited violence against secular and atheist bloggers.

Farabi is also allegedly linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir, a fundamentalist Islamist group banned by the Bangladeshi government.

As for Sahedul, ISD said he made inflammatory posts on the Israel-Iran conflict, and also posted divisive religious views referring to Muslims who do not want to be governed under Islamic law as infidels.

The duo are not connected to any cases previously announced by the ISD concerning self-radicalised individuals who were dealt with under the Internal Security Act.

The spokeswoman said ISD’s investigations did not find any indication the men intended to conduct any terrorist attacks or were involved in terrorism activities in Singapore.

She said: “However, their extremist and divisive views are inimical to Singapore’s multi-racial and multi-religious society.”

It is not known what work the pair were doing here.

Bangladesh news outlets reported the duo were detained when they arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on July 8, with the authorities seizing three phones and three passports from them.

On July 9, the pair were brought to court in Dhaka as the authorities there applied to have them remanded further.

In the application, Bangladesh police said the men admitted to being involved with ...