Women commit suicide at X-mas

Women commit suicide at X-mas

JAKARTA (JP): Two women were found dead after they apparently
committed suicide in two separate incidents on Christmas Day.

One of the victims, Suherni, 21, of Jl. Semeru Raya in Grogol,
West Jakarta was found dead with an empty glass and a can of
insecticide beside her. She was found at her boyfriend's aunt's
house in Kampung Gedong, Pasar Rebo in East Jakarta about 12:30
p.m.

Her body was sent to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital for a
postmortem examination.

Nurhadi, the victim's father, said Suherni had left home four
days before the incident.

He said he had never met Suherni's boyfriend but had heard
recently that the man had broken up with his daughter.

"I don't know him as she never introduced me to him and for me
it's not important now."

Second Lt. Budi Santoso of Pasar Rebo Police subprecinct said
that the victim's family refused to give permission for an
autopsy.

The other victim was Yayah, alias Iyah, a 17-year-old maid who
worked for a Chinese family in Kebon Baru, Tebet in South
Jakarta.

She apparently hanged herself with a plastic rope inside a
store room at her employer's house.

One of her close friends, Yusup bin Khairudin, who was
occasionally hired by the family to cut grass and tend to the
gardens, said that Iyah told him that her employers allegedly
scolded her frequently over her work.

"In desperation she may have hastily decided to commit
suicide," he said. (04)