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JAKARTA - Former Indonesian President Suharto was admitted to hospital on Friday, but the nature of his illness was not immediately known, hospital staff said.
Mr Suharto, 86, checked into the hospital at 2.30pm, said Titi Wahyuni, spokeswoman for Jakarta's Pertamina hospital.
The former president, who ruled the country for 32 years, resigned in 1998 amid political upheaval and a crippling economic crisis that triggered widespread opposition to his government.
He has suffered from various ailments in recent years and been hospitalised on a number of occasions.
'His condition is stable,' Dr Mardjo Soebiandono, a doctor who has treated Mr Suharto for many years, told Reuters. 'He is undergoing complete physical checks. He hasn't done that for some time. He?s feeling weak.'
One of Mr Suharto's lawyers, Mohammad Assegaf, said Mr Suharto was undergoing a normal medical check-up.
'This afternoon he was taken to hospital but there's nothing serious, just a usual check-up,' he told Reuters.
He said he did not know how long Mr Suharto would remain in the hospital.
Mr Suharto rarely appears in public. He has lived in seclusion in Jakarta's leafy Menteng neighbourhood since he stepped down. -- REUTERS
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