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Obama family rejects Liah's claim, calls her a fraud.

Jakarta Post

| January 16, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 1999 PT Bina Media Tenggara. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009 -- PAGE 2 The drama of the upcoming inauguration of United States president- elect Barack Obama has spilled over into Jakarta, with claims of kinship and allegations of fraud.

Liah Soetoro, 51, has been telling the Indonesian media for the past week that she is Barack Obama's adopted sister and she and her husband will be attending the historic inauguration on Jan. 20 in Washington DC.

"I will bring along mementos belonging to me and Barry," Liah Soetoro, who says she was adopted by Barack Obama's stepfather two years before the soon-to-be American president and his mother, Ann Dunham, moved to Jakarta in …

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