Indonesia President to Head Home after Disasters

HANOI, KOMPAS.com - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in Hanoi for an ASEAN summit, will return home early on Wednesday because of deadly natural disasters at home, an ASEAN source said. “It’s true. At midday” he will leave, the source told AFP.

Yudhoyono arrived in Hanoi Tuesday for an official visit with Vietnamese leaders before the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday, and the follow-up East Asia Summit Saturday with six regional partner nations.

A 7.7-magnitude quake that struck late Monday near the Mentawai Islands off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that has killed at least 112 people and left hundreds more missing. Another 25 people have died on Java island after the Mount Merapi volcano erupted.