Singapore - The Indonesian Defence Minister Gen Wiranto yesterday denied reports the military had agreed a deal with opposition leader Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri's party which won last month's elections.
Gen Wiranto, who is Indonesia's military chief, was speaking after the President of Singapore, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, conferred on him Singapore's highest military award for helping to increase co-operation between the defence forces of the two countries. He was responding to rumours that the military would support Ms Megawati's bid for the presidency if Gen Wiranto was named vice-president.