Young woman commits suicide

Young woman commits suicide

JAKARTA (JP): An 18 year old committed suicide by drinking
insecticide in her rented room in Teluk Gong, Pejagalan, in North
Jakarta early yesterday.

The woman, identified as Juliana, was believed to be a student
at Atma Jaya University.

She was first sent to Atma Jaya Hospital in Pluit, North
Jakarta, after being found by one of her friends at 1:15 a.m., a
morgue worker of the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital quoted police as
saying.

Relatives arrived from Medan and claimed the body from the
morgue. They requested that no medical examination be done.

Zulharmas Syamsu, a forensic doctor at the hospital, said the
victim was from a well-off family as could be seen from an
external examination of the body and its clothes.

"For the haves, such an incident is a disgrace for them, even
though police and forensic doctors can help investigate the cause
and who might be behind the suicide," he said, commenting on the
family's refusal for further examination.

He said there was no sign of physical violence, but the
stomach was enlarged.

"Pregnancy was possible and judging from the enlargement of
the breasts, the pregnancy was believed to be less than five
months," he said.

However, a definite conclusion could only be obtained from an
autopsy, he said.

Zulharmas said the woman might have drunk more than a glass of
insecticide as could be seen from how fast the body had
decomposed.

"It's just a few hours but look at the condition, it's in very
bad shape," he said. (04)