A statue of Barack Obama that was torn down from a public park in Indonesia will be relocated to the president's former school in Jakarta, a school official said Sunday. Obama, who spent part of his childhood in Jakarta and is due to visit Indonesia in March, was initially welcomed by locals almost as a long-lost son but his appeal has waned in recent months. A statue of the president as a 10-year-old boy was installed in central Jakarta's Menteng Park in December 2009 but was recently removed by authorities after a campaign by locals, who argued that Obama has done little to deserve the tribute. Akhmad Solikhin, deputy headmaster of Obama's former primary school, State Elementary School 01 Menteng, said the statue was removed from Menteng Park on Feb 14 and would be installed on the school grounds on Sunday night or early next week.
