INDONESIA DECLARES WEEK OF MOURNING
Australian News - January 27, 2008PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Indonesians to pray for former president Suharto, who died today aged 86, as one week of official mourning was declared.
Mr Yudhoyono described Suharto as one of the “nation's best sons and a great leader of the nation who has contributed so much service and dedication.”
Mr Yudhoyono said he wanted to “express our deepest condolences at his death, and I call on all people of Indonesia to pray for the late (Suharto).”
“I also would like to call on the people of Indonesia to show the highest respect to one of the nation's best sons, a great leader of the nation who has contributed so much service and dedication to the nation and the state,” he said.
Source: Australian News - www.news.com.au