WP's Sylvia Lim met police, not pursuing matter about her iPhone: SPF

SINGAPORE — Workers' Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim has met with the police over her parliamentary question that she received a threat warning from Apple informing her that her iPhone could be the subject of hacking by state-sponsored attackers.

In a media release on Thursday (24 February), the Singapore Police Force said that the Aljunied GRC Member of Parliament had met the police at their request on Wednesday.

During the meeting, Lim informed the police that she was satisfied with Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam’s answer to her question in Parliament last Friday, and that she did not wish to pursue the matter further.

As such, the police said that they will treat the matter as closed.

Minister's assertion that Lim's mobile phone not hacked by government agencies

During her Parliamentary question last Friday, Lim had asked Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan that following the threat warning that she received from Apple, she could get his confirmation that she should have "absolutely no concerns" that Singapore government agencies are trying to hack into her mobile phone.

In answering Lim's question, Shanmugam asserted that her phone has not been hacked by Singapore state agencies. He added that the proper way to raise the matter was to approach the Ministry of Home Affairs, which would do a thorough investigation.

The police said in their media release that they had earlier informed Lim that she could file a police report.

Alternatively, the police could facilitate forensic examination of her phone by a commercial organisation with expertise in the field. The police had also told her that they will put in place a secure, auditable and transparent process for the commercial organisation to handle and examine her phone.

During their meeting on Wednesday, Lim did not file a police report, nor did she require any forensic examination of her phone, the police said.

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