Obama Statue Removed

The statute of Obama as a child in Indonesia has now been removed. It has been transferred to a local school because of the public backlash that the statue should be an Indonesian hero.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35402169/ns/world_news-asiapacific

"Authorities removed a statue of Barack Obama from a park in the Indonesian capital due to a public backlash and moved it Monday to a nearby elementary school that the U.S. president attended as a child.

The bronze statue, inspired by a childhood photograph of a 10-year-old Obama in shorts with a butterfly perched on an outstretched thumb, had been targeted by critics since it was erected in the Jakarta park last December. Detractors argued that an Indonesian hero should have been honored instead, noting that Obama still could pursue policies that hurt Indonesia's interests."