KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia called on Oct 31 for fellow members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations to extend their security partnerships from the high seas to cyberspace at an annual meeting of the bloc's defense ministers.
Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin opened the meeting by warning that regional peace faces growing pressure from both traditional and emerging threats, including rising tensions in the South China Sea and the spread of cyberattacks that can "disrupt societies, topple governments and undermine critical infrastructure”.
