Sports-mad dad drags son along

JAKARTA (JP): Sports junkie Faisal Abu Sammah, 32, could not find an easy way to get out of his babysitting duties so he decided to take his 13-month-old son, Rilo Pambudi, with him to the Games.

Faisal said yesterday that he and Rilo had been wandering the Senayan Sports Complex since Saturday.

"I took Rilo to the opening ceremony last Saturday and he seemed to enjoy it," he said. Rilo, asleep in Faisal's arms, was in no position to confirm this.

Faisal, who lives in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi, has been in Jakarta for six months accompanying his wife who has been attending a special course at the Attorney-General's Office.

"As a sport fan, I feel lucky that while I am in the capital Jakarta is hosting the Games," he said. (10)