Public servants in Singapore will be blocked from accessing the internet on work computers from May next year.

The moves aims to plug "potential leaks from work e-mails and shared documents amid heightened security threats," the Straits Times newspaper said.

Officials said employees across government would also be barred from forwarding any work-related information to personal emails.

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong's site was hacked in 2013 by hacker group Anonymous

Singaporeans have responded with shock and scepticism online.

Some people thought the move contradicted Singapore's much-promoted Smart Nation technology initiative.

Others thought the suggestion that the measure could also apply to teachers, who do not deal with much sensitive information, was extreme.

(Source: BBC)