Taufik Kiemas says Matori recovering

Taufik Kiemas says Matori recovering

JAKARTA: Defense minister Matori Abdul Djalil is slowly
recovering after suffering a stroke in August 2002, according to
Taufik Kiemas.

Taufik, the husband of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, said
on Thursday that Matori, who has been inactive from the Cabinet
since suffering the stroke, can now swim.

"He can swim now but can hardly speak after the stroke,"
Taufik said, quoting Matori's doctors at the Army's Gatot Subroto
Hospital.

Meanwhile, President Megawati visited on Thursday former
Indonesian Military chief Gen. (ret) L.B. Moerdani, who has been
hospitalized for the past three weeks after suffering a stroke.
-- JP