The Singapore Embassy in Jakarta on Monday clarified that, contrary to recent reports, the Singaporean government had already signed an extradition treaty with Indonesia and that this treaty was yet to be ratified by the House of Representatives.

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D. on Friday said the government should push Singapore to sign an extradition treaty by making the treaty a requirement for the bilateral relationship between the two countries to continue.

But according to Herman Loh, from the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta, "Indonesia and Singapore have already signed an [extradition treaty] and the Defense Cooperation Agreement on April 27, 2007 in Bali in the presence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

"Singapore remains fully committed to the agreements and we look forward to their ratification by Indonesia," he said in a letter sent to the Jakarta Globe. Mahfud was quoted by Vivanews.com as admitting that he had made a mistake and in turn was asking the Indonesian government to ratify the agreement.

The two heads of state negotiated the extradition deal along with a defense cooperation agreement in October 2005. The House of Representatives refused to ratify them because of a clause that would allow Singapore to conduct military exercises in Sumatra.