Lovesick man cuts off penis in suiside try

Lovesick man cuts off penis in suiside try

Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang

What is done, is done. But 24-year-old Sadikin, a resident of
Kampung Pisangan, Kayu Agung village in Sepatan district, could
not hide his remorse after cutting off his penis on Friday
morning out of a broken heart.

"I thought that after I cut off my penis, it would have been
the end of my life but in fact I am still alive," he said, while
lying on a straw mat in the living room of the house where he
lives with his mother.

When The Jakarta Post visited the house on Saturday, many
neighbors were still gathered in front of the small house, trying
to take a peek at the object of their curiosity.

"None of us here can understand why Sadikin did it ... Love is
love, but one should not hurt oneself because of that," said
Imroni, a neighbor.

To them, Sadikin is a devout Muslim who teaches the Koran to
children.

Sadikin, who used to work at a department store in Cengkareng,
West Jakarta, had been depressed over the past two days,
according to his 54-year-old mother Saikem.

"He did not tell me what had happened. I knew that he had
fallen in love with a girl but I don't know who," she said.

Saikem, whose husband died five years ago, left home as usual
at about 6 a.m. that Friday to wash neighbors' clothes, leaving
Sadikin, the third of her five children, alone at home.

Sadikin went to the bathroom and cut off a part of his penis
with a razor blade, put the severed part into a plastic bag and
threw it into the garbage.

A neighbor, Supriyadi, heard Sadikin groaning in pain when he
passed the house at about 10 a.m. and rushed in.

"We took him to Tangerang General Hospital immediately," he
told the Post.

The hospital surgeon, Rifki, said it was too late to reconnect
the severed part because the nerves would no longer function
well.

"We suggested that Sadikin stay for further treatment until
the wound healed but his mother insisted on taking him home and
we could not prevent her," he said.

Kayu Agung village head Edi Susanto said that Saikem refused
to let her son stay at the hospital due to financial
difficulties, although she can a avail of free medical care
provided for impoverished families.

"We are poor and we have no money to pay for the hospital
fees. That's why I did not let Sadikin stay at the hospital,"
said Saikem who took Sadikin home at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

"Moreover, there would be no one to stay with my son at the
hospital since I have to work all day."