Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has taken his displeasure with the Australian government to a wider audience - re-tweeting in English earlier comments he had made in Indonesian.

In a series of angry missives overnight and on Tuesday, he attacked Prime Minister Tony Abbott's public remarks over the spying scandal as showing insufficient remorse, continuing Jakarta's display of outrage in response to revelations on Monday that his personal mobile phone and those of his close circle had been targeted by Australian spies.

The President’s tweets, initially all in Indonesian and all signed *SBY*, signifying they were from him personally, defended his handling of the situation as some in Indonesia accuse him of going soft on Western powers.