Sand Storm

Singapore accuses Indonesia of using sand as a diplomatic weapon.

February 27, 2007

SINGAPORE Foreign Minister George Yeo and National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan wont easily forget what they went through in Parliament on Monday two weeks ago when members of the legislature put them to task over a recent decision by the Indonesian government to ban sand exports to the island nation.

The ban came into effect last February 5. Infuriated, the legislators vented their anger at Indonesia. Ho Geok Choo, MP from the West Coast cons

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