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Indonesia Reverses Malacca Toll Proposal Amid Regional Pushback

4/24/2026

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Indonesia's finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa floated a toll on Strait of Malacca traffic and then backtracked.
Singapore's foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan rejected the toll, while Australian defence minister Richard Marles affirmed Australia’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and navigation freedom.
Analysts warned that monetising the strait could set a destabilising precedent, while seafarers remain stranded in the Hormuz corridor.

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Indonesia's finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa floated a toll on Strait of Malacca traffic and then backtracked.
Singapore's foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan rejected the toll, while Australian defence minister Richard Marles affirmed Australia’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and navigation freedom.
Analysts warned that monetising the strait could set a destabilising precedent, while seafarers remain stranded in the Hormuz corridor.