Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate Wiranto is expected to travel to Singapore on Friday on his first trip abroad since a human rights tribunal in East Timor issued an arrest warrant on May 10 against the former military chief.

He was due to have lunch with Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and possibly Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, a senior official of Wiranto's party said.

Another official said it would be Wiranto's first trip abroad since the warrant was issued for crimes prosecutors say were committed during the tiny territory's bloody break from Jakarta rule in 1999.

Wiranto was chief of Indonesia's military at the time. He has denied responsibility for any human rights violations and said he is interested in good relations with East Timor.