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Mom Kills Herself and Toddler Over Big Debt
Made Arya Kencana | September 02, 2010

In this file photo, the sun sets over Kuta beach in Bali. A woman in Jimbaran, Bali, has killed herself and her two-year-old son, desperate because she owned Rp 150 million ($16,600) to a bank and moneylenders. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) In this file photo, the sun sets over Kuta beach in Bali. A woman in Jimbaran, Bali, has killed herself and her two-year-old son, desperate because she owned Rp 150 million ($16,600) to a bank and moneylenders. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
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spammer
4:19pm Sep 3, 2010

Horrible and tragic story

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Denpasar. A mother in Jimbaran, Bali, desperate because she owned Rp 150 million ($16,600) to a bank and moneylenders, has killed herself and her 2-year-old son.

Ni Kadek Ariyani, 39, hanged herself and her son, Ketut Teguh Ariwiguna, in the bathroom of their house in South Kuta on Tuesday.

The bodies were found by Ariyani’s other son, I Gede Komang Titan Brilianata Pratama, 12, when he returned from school.

“I came back from school and the house was so quiet,” the shocked young boy said. “When I entered the bathroom I found my mom and brother were already hanging.”

Police officers investigating the tragedy have not found any sign of violence, according to the head of the South Kuta subdistrict police, Adjutant Comr. Nanang Prihasmoko.

“We are sure it was suicide,” Nanang said on Wednesday.

The family has refused autopsy on the bodies, with Ariyani’s husband, Gede Wayan Witawan, 42, saying: “We can accept this.”

Police concluded that debt was behind the suicide after questioning Witawan.

“The victim wasn’t only indebted to a bank but also to money lenders,” Nanang said.

Ariyani had been running a cooperative business and a service bureau for the past three years but both ventures were not going well and were in danger of going bankrupt.

Witawan, who works at a local golf course, was also unable to cover the debt and Nanang said that Ariyani had even mortgaged their house to try to pay off the debt.