News focus: Hasan Tiro`s home coming expected to support peace in Aceh

By Bustanuddin Jakarta, (ANTARA News)- After about 30 years of living in exile, Tgk Muhammad Hasan Tiro, 83, former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader, who has become a Swedish citizen, now has an opportunity to return home in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province. Hasan Tiro, who came from Tiro village in Pidie district, was expected to arrive at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport in Banda Aceh on Saturday (Oct.11, 2008). Report said that from Sultan Iskandar Muda airport, Hasan Tiro would proceed to Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf`s residence in Banda Aceh and later meet local people at the Baiturahman grand mosque. Hasan Tiro will spend most of his time in his birth place in Pidie district, Aceh Party spokesman Adnan Beuransyhah said here on Friday. Regarding his home coming, many people from various districts in Aceh have started to... [read full story]