SBY heads to Jakarta after Cilacap: TNI

Arya Dipa, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java | Thu, 12/29/2011 1:48 PM

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The Siliwangi Military Command III is confirming that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has canceled a planned trip to Bandung, West Java.
The President likely canceled the trip due to the hospitalization of First Lady Ani Yudhoyono at Gatot Subroto Army Hospital in Central Jakarta, Siliwangi spokesman Col. Benny Effendy told The Jakarta Post in Bandung on Thursday morning.
“One thing is for sure: We didn't get any confirmation that he would go to Bandung,” he said.
State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Operation Area 2 spokesman Bambang S. Prayitno also confirmed that the trip was off.
“It has been canceled. The President headed straight to Jakarta,” he told the Post.
Bambang said the President traveled by train to Jakarta from Cilacap, Central Java, where he inaugurated state oil and gas PT Pertamina’s Resid Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) plant.
Yudhoyono arrived in Jakarta on early Thursday morning, Antara reported.