Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono paid last tribute to Roosniah Bakrie, the mother of Golkar Party chief Aburizal Bakrie, at her house in South Jakarta on Tuesday night.

The President, along with his son, Edi Baskoro Yudhoyono, arrived at the house on Jl Hang Lekir IV No. 32, South Jakarta, at around 21.15 p.m. Upon arrival, Yudhoyono went straight to the room where Roosniah Bakrie was laid in state.

Earlier, Vice President Boediono and his wife also paid last tribute to Roosniah.

Roosniah died at Siloam hospital in Karawaci, around 20 km west of Jakarta, earlier in the day. She was 85.

She will be buried at Karet cemetery in Central Jakarta on Wednesday. (*)

Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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