Two commit suicide by hanging

Two commit suicide by hanging

JAKARTA (JP): Two young people hanged themselves in their
homes over the past five days, raising the toll from suicides to
11 this year.

Neighbors found Tri Hendrianto, 27, a resident of Kemayoran,
Central Jakarta, hanging by a piece of cloth in a bathroom at
4:30 a.m. yesterday, according to one of his relatives who asked
not to be named.

He said the unemployed man may have been despondent after his
mother refused to give him money. Tri had asked for Rp 200,000 on
Wednesday night without giving any clear explanation on why he
needed the funds.

"But to Tri's disappointment, his mother rejected his request,
saying that she did not have that amount of money," he said.

Tri's mother is a housewife and his father works as a driver,
he said.

After undergoing a postmortem at Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital, Tri's body was collected by his family yesterday
afternoon for burial.

A woman who hanged herself at her home in Rawabadak, North
Jakarta, last Sunday was identified as Freety Pangemanan.

A relative said the 26-year-old may have decided to end her
life after her parents did not approve of her plan to marry a
police officer.

Family, friends and her boyfriend mourned her death Monday
morning at Cipto Mangunkusumo, where Freety's body was sent for
autopsy. (09)