She said the Indonesian government and public “need not be irritated” by a social media post from former Singaporean member of parliament Calvin Cheng Ern Lee, who suggested that Singapore could cut Indonesia’s internet access.
“The submarine cable communications system that lands in Singapore does not arrive there on its own; a large portion of its route passes through Indonesian waters,” Hafid wrote on her Instagram account, as quoted in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Bearing that in mind, the minister argued that disruptions to the underwater system “could potentially cripple 80 percent of Singapore’s connectivity capacity.”
She also pointed to Indonesia’s demographic advantage, noting that its population is 47 times larger than Singapore’s, with 267 million people connected to the internet.
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