Mourners Send Flowers to Indonesian Ex-President's Surakarta Home

Jan 27, 05:15 AM

Jakarta (JP): Buckets of flowers have been sent by a number of parties to Suharto's Kalitan home, Surakarta, Central Java to respect the former Indonesian president Suharto, who died Sunday at 86.

Suharto's relatives in Kalitan have also prepared a special prayer this evening for Suharto.

Metro TV station reported from Kalitan, however, that Suharto's body is not scheduled to stop by Monday in Kalitan from Jakarta.

His body will be flown from Jakarta to Surakarta and brought straight to the Astana Giri Bangun cemetery, Karanganyar, Central Java for burial, the TV station said.

Originally published by The Jakarta Post website, Jakarta, in English 27 Jan 08.

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