The balloon was of “a civilian nature and used for flight tests”, said Beijing's foreign ministry after a similar device was shot down by the United States over the weekend.
The CPIB could not secure the cooperation of several potential key witnesses to come to Singapore to testify, and mutual legal assistance requests did not yield any helpful evidence, said the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office.
The reasons which led to the Government's decision to fund SPH Media Trust – which was made in early-2021 – remain valid today, said Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo.
