Taufik Kiemas hospitalized

INDONESIA: Taufik Kiemas, the husband of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, was admitted to the Harapan Kita cardiac hospital in Jakarta on Friday afternoon.

Megawati visited her husband on Saturday afternoon. Taufik is being treated in the hospital's intensive care unit.

However, Tjahjo Kumolo, the chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction in the House of Representatives, said that Taufik was only receiving a regular medical checkup. He did not provide details.

Taufik was admitted to the Abdi Waluyo hospital in Menteng on Wednesday.

In 2004, Taufik received treatment at the Harapan Kita hospital. He later traveled to a cardiac hospital in Penang, Malaysia, for further treatment.

He underwent a by-pass operation in Australia in 2000 but has been frequently hospitalized since them. -- Antara