Barack Obama statue attacked by Facebook critics

JAKARTA, Indonesia: A statue of President Barack Obama as a boy erected in a Jakarta park has been targeted in a Facebook campaign by thousands who say it should be removed.

The Facebook group named "Take Down the Barack Obama Statue in Taman Menteng Park" had attracted more than 10,000 members by yesterday since the 110-cm statue of 10-year-old Obama dressed in shorts and a T-shirt was unveiled in the downtown park on Thursday last week.

Heru Nugroho, the group's creator, said he would use the support on the popular social networking website to demand that Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo remove the statue.