It has been nearly a month since it was revealed that Singapore has been helping Australia and the United States to spy on Malaysia and Indonesia, the two major Muslim countries in South-East Asia.

Edward Snowden, the now world-renowned whistle-blower, reportedly told the media that Washington had long put Singapore at the centre of a spy network that taps undersea cables.

Meanwhile, the New York Times reported early this year that Gamma Group, a British company, had supplied the spyware FinSpy to 25 countries, including Malaysia and Singapore...