An Indonesian minister announced on Sunday that Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, will not be traveling to Bali to attend a meeting of businessmen on the sidelines of the G-20 summit, but will attend a virtual meeting.
Musk, owner of automaker Tesla, was scheduled to speak at the so-called B20 economic conference in Bali.
The billionaire is expected to appear in a US court next week in a lawsuit over the 2018 acquisition of a $56 billion stock option package.
Indonesian Minister in charge of coordination of maritime affairs and investment, Luhut Binsar Panjitan, told reporters, “As far as Elon Musk is concerned, he is on trial. He must be present in court ”.
The ministry said Musk, the richest man in the world, would participate on Monday, a day before the opening of the Group of Twenty, in virtual discussions for an hour with Indonesian businessman Anindia Bakri on future disruptions of the global technological innovation.
B20 attendees include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
