{"id":95678,"date":"2026-10-26T14:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95678"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:07:16","slug":"clearly-disinformation-singapore-embassy-denies-claims-indonesian-public-figures-met-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=95678","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Clearly disinformation\u2019: Singapore embassy denies claims Indonesian public figures met ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to Indonesian news outlet Kompas, the allegations surfaced after a video purportedly showing the entrance of the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta circulated on social media, accompanied by claims that the two men had met Kwok.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Indonesia\u2019s ruling party Gerindra has also said it was looking into the allegations and the accuracy of the information circulating online.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Gerindra Party has been monitoring information that has recently circulated on social media regarding an alleged meeting of anti-government figures with the Singapore Ambassador to Indonesia,\u201d said Bambang Haryadi, secretary of the party\u2019s faction in the House of Representatives, in a statement quoted by state news agency Antara.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dino described the allegations as \u201cfabricated\u201d and said he would raise the matter with the Indonesia\u2019s Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The post began circulating after I made a statement about Indonesia-Singapore relations. Since many people have asked me about this, I want to clarify that the story is 100 per cent fictitious, totally fabricated,\u201d he said in a video posted on Instagram on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dino said he had been in Perth, Australia on Oct 18 to speak at a climate change event and only returned to Indonesia on the evening of Oct 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said he knew Kwok, <span>who has been Singapore\u2019s ambassador to Indonesia since 2022, but had never visited his residence in Jakarta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Saiful separately said he had never met or spoken to either Dino or Kwok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI have never spoken to Mr Dino Patti Djalal, either directly or indirectly, let alone met him. I have also never spoken to the Singapore ambassador to Indonesia, much less met him in person anywhere,\u201d Saiful told Metro TV.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am very surprised that the lie claiming I met both of them has gone viral,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/asia\/indonesia-singapore-embassy-jakarta-denies-meeting-ambassador-6492031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Indonesian news outlet Kompas, the allegations surfaced after a video purportedly showing the entrance of the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta circulated on social&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}