Lovesick man cuts off penis in suiside try<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
What is done, is done. But 24-year-old Sadikin, a resident of
\nKampung Pisangan, Kayu Agung village in Sepatan district, could
\nnot hide his remorse after cutting off his penis on Friday
\nmorning out of a broken heart.<\/p>\n
\"I thought that after I cut off my penis, it would have been
\nthe end of my life but in fact I am still alive,\" he said, while
\nlying on a straw mat in the living room of the house where he
\nlives with his mother.<\/p>\n
When The Jakarta Post visited the house on Saturday, many
\nneighbors were still gathered in front of the small house, trying
\nto take a peek at the object of their curiosity.<\/p>\n
\"None of us here can understand why Sadikin did it ... Love is
\nlove, but one should not hurt oneself because of that,\" said
\nImroni, a neighbor.<\/p>\n
To them, Sadikin is a devout Muslim who teaches the Koran to
\nchildren.<\/p>\n
Sadikin, who used to work at a department store in Cengkareng,
\nWest Jakarta, had been depressed over the past two days,
\naccording to his 54-year-old mother Saikem.<\/p>\n
\"He did not tell me what had happened. I knew that he had
\nfallen in love with a girl but I don't know who,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Saikem, whose husband died five years ago, left home as usual
\nat about 6 a.m. that Friday to wash neighbors' clothes, leaving
\nSadikin, the third of her five children, alone at home.<\/p>\n
Sadikin went to the bathroom and cut off a part of his penis
\nwith a razor blade, put the severed part into a plastic bag and
\nthrew it into the garbage.<\/p>\n
A neighbor, Supriyadi, heard Sadikin groaning in pain when he
\npassed the house at about 10 a.m. and rushed in.<\/p>\n
\"We took him to Tangerang General Hospital immediately,\" he
\ntold the Post.<\/p>\n
The hospital surgeon, Rifki, said it was too late to reconnect
\nthe severed part because the nerves would no longer function
\nwell.<\/p>\n
\"We suggested that Sadikin stay for further treatment until
\nthe wound healed but his mother insisted on taking him home and
\nwe could not prevent her,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Kayu Agung village head Edi Susanto said that Saikem refused
\nto let her son stay at the hospital due to financial
\ndifficulties, although she can a avail of free medical care
\nprovided for impoverished families.<\/p>\n
\"We are poor and we have no money to pay for the hospital
\nfees. That's why I did not let Sadikin stay at the hospital,\"
\nsaid Saikem who took Sadikin home at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n
\"Moreover, there would be no one to stay with my son at the
\nhospital since I have to work all day.\"<\/p>",
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