THE Singapore embassy in Jakarta has rejected social media claims that former Indonesian deputy foreign minister Dino Patti Djalal and political researcher Saiful Mujani visited the Singapore ambassador’s residence on Oct 18, calling them “clearly disinformation”.
In a statement yesterday, the embassy said it would work with Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs to address the false claims.
“The Embassy is aware of social media posts containing false statements claiming that Professor Saiful Mujani and Dr Dino Patti Djalal had visited the residence of the Ambassador of Singapore to Indonesia on Oct 18, 2026,” it said.
The embassy said no such visit had taken place and described the claims as disinformation, adding that it would work with Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs to address the matter, The Straits Times reported.
The claims surfaced days after Dino challenged allegations by former Indonesian trade minister Muhammad Lutfi that Singapore’s investment entities, GIC and Temasek, had pressured global index provider MSCI to downgrade Indonesia’s stock market status, potentially enabling foreign investors to acquire Indonesian assets at lower prices.
Dino denied the allegations, saying he was in Perth, Australia, from Oct 18 to 20 to attend a climate change event organised by non-governmental organisation Global Citizen. He returned to Indonesia on the evening of Oct 20.
Dino described the claims as “100 per cent fictitious,...
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