Singapore Confirms No Meeting Between Dino and Saiful Mujani at Ambassador's Residence

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Embassy of Singapore in Jakarta has confirmed that reports of a meeting between Dino Patti Djalal and Saiful Mujani at the residence of the Singaporean Ambassador to Indonesia are false.

“The visit never took place,” stated an official announcement from the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Jakarta in a press release on Sunday (25/10/2026).

The alleged meeting between Dino and Saiful Mujani at the Singaporean Ambassador's residence was reported to have occurred on Sunday (18/10/2026), but no such meeting ever happened.

“The embassy is aware of social media posts making false claims that Professor Saiful Mujani and Dr. Dino Patti Djalal visited the residence of the Singaporean Ambassador to Indonesia on October 18, 2026,” the embassy noted.

This misinformation will be addressed by Singapore by bringing it to the attention of the Indonesian Minister of Communication and Digital.

“This is clearly disinformation, which the embassy will handle in coordination with the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital,” the Singaporean Embassy stated.

Dino Denies the News

Dino Patti Djalal, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, has denied the truth of this news.

“Since many people are asking me about this, I would like to clarify that the news is 100 percent fictitious, totally fabricated,” Dino said in a statement on his Instagram account, @dinopattidjalal, on Sunday (25/10/2026).

Dino welcomed the media to quote his statement.

He observed the emergence of information on Instagram in the past two days stating that he visited the residence of the Singaporean Ambassador to Indonesia in Jakarta on Sunday night, accompanied by Saiful Mujani, a political academic and founder of the SMRC survey institution.

“Therefore, the news that I visited his residence on Sunday is not true,” Dino stated.