<p>The Indonesian-language Facebook group named "Take Down the Barack Obama Statue in Taman Menteng Park" had attracted more than 15,000 members by Tuesday since the 43-inch (110-centimeter) statue of 10-year-old Obama dressed in shorts and a T-shirt was unveiled in the downtown park on Thursday last week.<br /><br />Heru Nugroho, the group's creator, said he would use the support on the popular social networking Web site to demand that Jakarta Gov Fauzi Bowo remove the statue.<br />"Everybody knows that Obama is a world leader, but he is not our national hero who deserves to be awarded a statue," Nugroho said.<br /><br />"This has hurt our national pride because there are many Indonesian figures who gave worthy service to this nation but no statue has been built for them," he added.<br />A separate, English-language Facebook site with the same name was created by a California man and has attracted about 100 members, mostly in the US.<br /><br />Many Indonesians are proud of the fact that Obama lived in Jakarta from 1967 to 1971 with his American mother, his Indonesian stepfather and his half-sister.</p>
<p>The Indonesian-language Facebook group named "Take Down the Barack Obama Statue in Taman Menteng Park" had attracted more than 15,000 members by Tuesday since the 43-inch (110-centimeter) statue of 10-year-old Obama dressed in shorts and a T-shirt was unveiled in the downtown park on Thursday last week.<br /><br />Heru Nugroho, the group's creator, said he would use the support on the popular social networking Web site to demand that Jakarta Gov Fauzi Bowo remove the statue.<br />"Everybody knows that Obama is a world leader, but he is not our national hero who deserves to be awarded a statue," Nugroho said.<br /><br />"This has hurt our national pride because there are many Indonesian figures who gave worthy service to this nation but no statue has been built for them," he added.<br />A separate, English-language Facebook site with the same name was created by a California man and has attracted about 100 members, mostly in the US.<br /><br />Many Indonesians are proud of the fact that Obama lived in Jakarta from 1967 to 1971 with his American mother, his Indonesian stepfather and his half-sister.</p>