SINGAPORE, Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Singapore is saddened by the news of the passing of former Indonesian President Suharto in Jakarta today.
"Singapore would like to convey our deepest sympathies to the Indonesian people for their profound loss," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
The spokesman said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong left for Jakarta this evening to pay his last respects to the former Indonesian strongman who ruled the republic for 32 years from 1966 to 1998.
He said Deputy Prime Minister Prof S. Jayakumar would be Singapore's representative at Suharto's funeral in Solo tomorrow.
The 86-year-old Suharto died of multiple organ failure at the Pertamina Hospital in south Jakarta today.
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