Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said Singapore will offer no succour nor refuge to companies responsible for illegal fires in Indonesia that have caused the haze affecting Singapore.
He told reporters at a media briefing that there are limits in international commercial law to what Singapore can do about companies operating outside the country, but the Attorney General has been asked to look into this.
"We will do everything we can," Mr Shanmugam said.
On the recent comments of an Indonesian Minister chiding Singapore for behaving "like a child", Mr Shanmugam reiterated Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's position that it is not productive to trade accusations.
"Singapore's primary focus is on solving the haze problem... We are not asking for an apology," he said.
Source: Channel News Asia