Your title of “Strait of Malacca Ship Tolls Divide Emerges Between Indonesia, Singapore“doesn’t reflect the article title, nor what was said it in the article. Both Indonesia and Singapore are aligned in maintaining free shipping.
“Balakrishnan added that Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are all aligned on maintaining free passage.
“All of us are trade-dependent economies. All of us know it is in our interest to keep it open,” he said. “The point here is that all three countries have a strategic interest and are strategically aligned in keeping it open. That’s not something which you can take for granted in many other places.”