SINGAPORE, Oct. 17 -- Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has criticised Malaysia's Islamist party PAS for comments it said amounted to interference in the city-state's elections, warning that it is "not for foreign entities or individuals to tell Singaporeans how to vote".

"That is divisive and unacceptable. It may be how politics and political parties are organised in other countries.

"But it is not how politics and political parties are organised in multi-racial, multi-religious Singapore," the ministry said yesterday, according to a report by CNA.

The response came after PAS issued a fresh statement disputing Singapore's handling of comments made by its members earlier this year during Singapore's general election, which too...