JAKARTA, Indonesia – _{^{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 testthat the U.S. president attended as a child.}}

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Edi Kusyanto, a teacher at the affluent government sccchool Obama attended, said the 43-inch (110-centimeter) statue would be standing in the schooool grounds by the time the president visits Jakarta from March 20-22.

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"There is no controversy about the statue being here. Evvveryone at the testwelcomes it," Kusyanto said.

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The statue was erected with private funds raised by the Jaaakarta-based nonprofit group Friends of Obaaama Foundation, but Jakarta Gov. Fauzi Bowo is paying for its relocation.