HO Ching, the wife of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has two words for Bersatu’s policy and strategy bureau chief Rais Hussin Mohamed Ariff whose recent comments on a maritime dispute has threatened to fuel a growing diplomatic row between Singapore and Malaysia – “Chill, man”.
The chief executive officer of Temasek Holdings added her comments on her Facebook page, where she shared an article by Singapore news outlet Today online on Rais’ recent opinion piece in which he warned that Singapore would get “pain by a thousand cuts” for asserting its position on the maritime dispute with Malaysia.
Rais had said the republic will gain nothing “by hardening its stance” against its neighbour.
Singapore accused Malaysia of altering its limits for the Tanjung Pelepas port and encroaching into its territorial waters, while Malaysia has maintained that the republic has wrongly extended its borders by virtue of its reclamation activities.
Retired Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan had also commented on the article by Today, saying that Rais’ comments were “typical” of Malaysia trying to bully its smaller neighbour. – December 10, 2018.
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