Aceh – After a two-week-visit to several regions in Aceh, the supreme leader of the disbanded Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group Hasan Di Tiro left the province Sunday for his home in Stockholm.

"He departed from the Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport in Banda Aceh at 4:50 p.m., flying with Air Asia to Kuala Lumpur," Ibrahim KBS, a spokesman of the Aceh Transition Committee (KPA), said.

Tiro and his entourage, including senior rebel leaders Malik Mahmud and Zaini Abdulah, left Kuala Lumpur for Sweden on Monday.

Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf and hundreds of KPA members saw off Tiro at the airport. There was no special ceremony.

Ibrahim said Tiro, who started an armed rebellion and proclaimed himself Wali Nanggroe in 1976, planned another visit to Aceh in 2009. "We also hope Tiro can reside in Aceh again," he said.

Tiro, a Swedish citizen, made a brief visit to Jakarta to meet Vice President Jusuf Kalla.