Former president Soeharto hospitalized<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Former president Soeharto has been admitted to a hospital, but
\none of his lawyers said his condition was not serious.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Juan Felix Tampubolon said Soeharto was admitted to
\nPertamina Hospital in South Jakarta on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
\"His illness has not been clearly identified yet. When I
\nvisited him on Thursday, he was lying down in bed, looking weak,
\nand he talked little,\" the lawyer told The Jakarta Post on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Another Soeharto lawyer, Mohammad Assegaf, was quoted by AFP
\nas saying the former strongman was hospitalized after tests
\nshowed he was anemic.<\/p>\n
\"His condition is not bad, he has a low hemoglobin count,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The 83-year-old Soeharto is being treated on the sixth floor
\nof the hospital, Antara news agency quoted a staff member at the
\nhospital as saying.<\/p>\n
The staff member, who asked not to be identified, declined to
\nprovide any information on the condition of the former president,
\nsaying Soeharto's doctors might release an official statement on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
Soeharto, who ruled Indonesia with an iron grip for 32 years
\nuntil 1998, escaped trial for alleged corruption on health
\ngrounds. His lawyers offered medical evidence that Soeharto could
\nno longer hold or follow simple conversations.<\/p>\n
In the past, Soeharto has been hospitalized for strokes,
\nintestinal bleeding and heart problems.<\/p>\n
The former general has lived quietly at his private residence
\nin Central Jakarta since being forced to resign amid economic and
\npolitical upheaval.<\/p>\n
Newspapers reported last month that Soeharto appeared quite
\nhealthy and walked unaided while attending an anniversary
\ncelebration for the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah theme park founded
\nby his late wife.<\/p>",
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