Jakarta – Former Indonesian President Suharto on Saturday returned the Pertamina hospital where he had been treated for a mild stroke last month, a hospital spokeswoman said.

"He came in at 10am and that is about the only thing I can say," spokeswoman Susilowati said. "It is only normal for someone who has been treated for a stroke, there are controls to be done.,

The Very Very Important Persons private ward on the hospital's sixth floor, where Suharto was treated for 10 days last month, was again closed to the public and the entrance guarded by Suharto's personal security guards. Suharto's private physician, Hari Sabardi, was also at the hospital, his staff said.

Hospital director Sujiono Martoatmojo declined comment as he entered the hospital lift to go to the six floor.

A journalist who claimed to have seen the Suharto arrive at the hospital said the former president was taken in on a stretcher. He was accompanied by his sons Sigit Harjojudanto and Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, and daughters Siti Hediyati Prabowo and Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, the journalist said.

Suharto's Mercedes ambulance and two Mercedes jeeps usually kept at his Cendana residence in central Jakarta were also seen at the hospital.