Broken hearted boy hangs himself

A 19-year-old school boy committed suicide by hanging himself at Kramat sub-district, Central Java Tuesday night.

His neighbors found Syamsudin, alias Udin, hanging by a sarong tied to the branch of a tree, Pos Kota reported.

According to the deceased's father, Atjun, 69, his son had been quite depressed a few days before he decided to take his own life. His decision came after his relationship with his girl friend ended, the daily said.

Atjun said the relationship between Udin, the sixth of his eight children, and a girl, Fransisca, who lives in the same neighborhood, had been going on for about a year.

They reportedly broke up because the girl's grandmother did not approve of their relationship.

The police officers who handled the case found a suicide note near the tree. On the note Udin wrote that he was forced to take his own life "because I could not live without my beloved Fransisca."(bas)