K. Shanmugam: “We will use every legal and regulatory lever at our disposal to exert pressure where it matters.”

They should not underestimate the Singapore government's determination to act.

The Indonesian public is suffering as well, and it is in Indonesia’s interests as much as ours to deal with the companies that are causing these problems.

What do these experts think we are supposed to do? Shiver in our shoes before we take any action to protect our own people? That’s not the Singapore approach.

We will pursue this matter for as long as it takes.