Disastrous love affair amid crisis

Disastrous love affair amid crisis

MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): A man, who found comfort in
the arms of another woman to avoid his wife's complaints about
the monetary crisis, suffered the ultimate punishment when his
jealous spouse bit his penis.

Paleng Muhamad, 35, from Sikka district, was flat on his back
in Santa Elisabet Lela Hospital here when relatives informed him
that his wife, Mariam Majiah, 26, was found dead -- three days
after the lovers' spat.

Sikka Police precinct chief Jimmy P. Sinaga said Saturday that
Mariam was found dead on Feb. 20 in a 30-meter-deep ravine near
her house in Paga village.

A preliminary investigation suggests she committed suicide, he
said.

Paleng said the couple's feud flared when his wife, whom he
said was preoccupied with the skyrocketing prices of basic
commodities, discovered he was having an affair.

"She kept complaining about the prices and about foodstuffs
disappearing from shops."

"In fact we had made peace after the bitter quarrel and the
day passed peacefully until she managed to get into my sarong and
do it." (yac)