Controversial Obama statue back in public view

[a kennedy]

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A statue of Barack Obama as a boy was placed late Sunday night at the Jakarta elementary school the U.S. president once attended, after its display in a public park prompted backlash in Indonesia's capital.

The installation of the bronze statue a week after it was removed from public view was a low-key event officiated by the school's principal and three local education officials. Scores of proud students had been among the crowd of 500 watching when Jakarta's mayor unveiled the statue in the nearby park in December.

The likeness based on a childhood photograph shows a 10-year-old Obama smiling at a butterfly perched on his outstretched thumb.

........"This is a statue of boy named Little Barry who went to this school; it's not President Obama," Mullers said.

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