Two men commit suicide separately

Two men commit suicide separately

JAKARTA (JP): Kemayoran Police detectives in Central Jakarta
are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death
of 27-year-old man on Monday from severe burns, an officer said
on Tuesday.

"We have collected a little information from his relatives,
which is still inadequate for us to figure out the motive,"
Kemayoran Police detective Second Lt. H. Duha said.

Agus Daniel poured kerosene over himself and set himself
alight on Sunday at his family house on Jl. Tambak in Cempaka
Putih, relatives said, adding he committed suicide over a crime
he had committed, but they did not elaborate.

But Duha said his officer had been tipped off by neighbors
about another possible motive behind Agus' death.

"His family refused to give further information. But residents
in the area told us about the possibility of financial problems
and a family dispute," he added.

Iwan, the victim's brother, told reporters he managed to
smother Agus' burning body and rush him to Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital.

After spending a night at the hospital, doctors announced that
Agus had died due to severe burns.

Iwan said the crime Agus allegedly committed that led to his
suicide was a kind of "young person's affair".

He said his brother was wanted by the police for the crime.

When Agus returned home on Sunday, he recalled, the neighbors
were besieging their house and had alerted the police.

"Agus refused to be arrested by the police and threatened to
kill himself. He asked me to pour kerosene over him, but I was in
too much of a panic, so he did it all himself," Iwan said.

An unidentified man was found dead on railway tracks in
Cipinang, East Jakarta, on Monday evening.

Witness Bagus, a local resident, said he saw the man, who was
wearing only a pair of jeans, sleeping with his head on the
tracks.

Bagus recalled that he was about to wake the man up when a
train passed along the track instantly killing him.

"It was too late," Bagus said, adding that he thought the man
may well have committed suicide.

The man's remains were taken to Cipto. (06)