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Omega is a prison gang turned organised crime group based in Singapore. Formed in Chia Keng Prison in 1989, Omega is a monoethnic gang, mainly comprising of Malay Muslim members.[1][2][3] As secret societies were predominantly Chinese in pre- and post-independent Singapore, Omega’s strong Malay Muslim identity has made it one of the most significant Malay secret societies in the country.[2][4] The informal prison gang later evolved into a formal organised criminal enterprise, with networks extending beyond Singapore’s borders.[5]
The acronym “Omega” has multiple meanings, with its most common few being ‘Our Men Establish the Greatest Association’, ‘Orang Melayu Enter Gangster Area’ (‘Orang Melayu’ directly translates to ‘Malay people’), and ‘Only Malays Enter Gangster Area’.[3][6][7][8] At its initial formation, the main aim of the gang was to establish an alliance of ‘Muslim brotherhood’ in prison and in the illegitimate criminal society.[6] As the group evolved, it gradually transformed into an organised crime unit focused on illicit drug trade and other criminal activities.[6]
- ^ Ganapathy, Narayanan (December 21, 2024). Gangs and Minorities in Singapore: Masculinity, Marginalization and Resistance. Great Britain: Bristol University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1529210651.
- ^ a b Ganapathy, Narayanan; Balachandran, Lavanya (2019). "Minority Gangs in Singapore Prisons: Prisonisation Revisited". Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 53 (1): 3. doi:10.1177/0004865819876674.
- ^ a b Kamaludeen, Mohamed Nasir (2016). "Antipodal Tattooing: Muslim Youth in Chinese Gangs". Deviant Behavior. 37 (8): 953. doi:10.1080/01639625.2016.1161456.
- ^ Kamaludeen, Mohamed Nasir (2014). "Protected Sites: Reconceptualising Secret Societies in Colonial and Postcolonial Singapore". Journal of Historical Sociology. 29 (2): 236–237. doi:10.1111/johs.12072.
- ^ Ganapathy, Narayanan; Balachandran, Lavanya (2019). "Minority Gangs in Singapore Prisons: Prisonisation Revisited". Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. 53 (1): 12–13. doi:10.1177/0004865819876674.
- ^ a b c Ganapathy, Narayanan (December 21, 2024). Gangs and Minorities in Singapore: Masculinity, Marginalization and Resistance. Great Britain: Bristol University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1529210651.
- ^ Kamaludeen, Mohamed Nasir (2014). "Singapore: Malay Gangster". In Barker, Joshua; Harms, Erik; Lindquist, Johan (eds.). Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 198.
- ^ Ganapathy, Narayanan (2016). ""Us" and "Them": Ethnic Minority Gangs in Singapore Prisons". Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 32 (3): 274. doi:10.1177/1043986216656686.