Oktober 27, 2010

President Yudhoyono to visit Mentawai on Thursday


Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

October 27, 2010 (KATAKAMI / THE JAKARTA POST) --- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit Mentawai at 9 a.m. on Thursday to meet with tsunami victims.

Yudhoyono is now in Padang, West Sumatra.

Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said Wednesday Yudhoyono will not go to Yogyakarta, but he asked Vice President Boediono to do so.

"President would return to Hanoi to attend the ASEAN chairman handover ceremony as Indonesia will take over the leadership from Vietnam," he said as quoted by kompas.com

Monday's tsunami has killed 311 people in Mentawai.

Gubernur Sumbar : KorbanTsunami Mentawai Yang Meninggal Dunia 311 Orang