Singapore hits back over claims it rigged Indonesia’s stock market crash

Allegations that Singapore manipulated MSCI’s review of Jakarta stocks face swift denial as online debate exposes deeper market defects

On Wednesday, Fock Wai Hoong, head of Asia-Pacific at Temasek Global Investments, said the claims had “no basis” and were “patently untrue”.

Former Indonesian trade minister Muhammad Lutfi on Monday claimed that Singapore’s sovereign wealth funds, Temasek and GIC, were working behind the scenes to push for a downgrade of Jakarta’s market status.