Abdurrahman breaks glasses

SURABAYA: Abdurrahman Wahid, the chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Moslem movement and leader of the Forum for Democracy, was forced to cancel a seminar appearance at the last minute on Tuesday because he broke his glasses.

Gus Dur, as Abdurrahman is popularly known, was just about to embark on his flight from Jakarta on Tuesday when the incident happened, the Antara news agency reported.

He was scheduled as the main speaker at the seminar on national building from the religious perspective organized by students at the Petra Christian University.

The organizers said Gus Dur had sent his apology for not being able to attend the seminar. (emb)