Jakarta – Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri shocked employees at the palace complex in central Jakarta with a snap inspection for cleanliness, a report said Thursday.

Some officials at the Merdeka (Freedom) Palace and the adjoining Negara (state) Palace got the shock of their lives when she arrived unexpectedly to check the condition of every room, the Jakarta Post quoted palace staff as saying.

Megawati launched a similar inspection last summer, when she took office, and expressed dissatisfaction then with the state of some of the rooms. She does not live in the palace but uses some rooms for official functions.