Fuel, utility hikes kill woman

Fuel, utility hikes kill woman

TANGERANG: A 24-year-old woman was found dead in her home in
an apparent suicide after suffering intense anxiety due to
economic hardship reportedly exacerbated by recent increases in
fuel and utility prices.

The victim, Maryani, was found dead in her home in Margasari
subdistrict, Karawaci district of Tangerang, on Sunday after
swallowing a toxic insecticide.

Her husband, Effendi, a factory worker, said Monday that she
had earlier complained bitterly about the price hikes and asked
him how they were going to cope with the situation.

He told his wife that they would have to cut down on all daily
spending in order to survive.

"But she was disappointed with my answer and drank insecticide
without my knowledge shortly afterward," he said in remorse.--JP