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Mental disorders troubling Banjarmasin

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 05:53 PM PDT

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The case of psychiatric disorders that hit some people of Banjarmasin considered quite disturbing, so it requires serious treatment, Antaranews reported.

Head of Banjarmasin Health Agency drg Diah R Praswati told reporters here on Thursday that many residents of this city affected by psychiatric disorders.

According to her records, there were 439 new cases of residents affected by mental disorder, of whom 193 men and 248 women.

The highest case is skizoprenia and chronic psychotic, neurotic, acutely psychotic, and others.

Psychiatric disorders that hit residents is expected as a result of life increasingly hard competition in recent years, plus the increasingly heavy burden of public economic imbalance between needs and income.

In addition due to the possibility of unhealthy environmental impact, crowded on the streets, slums settlements, or indeed due to ginetic or descent, she added.

Of all the existing psychiatric illness assessed, the weighest is "pasung" or person with mental illnesses is confined or physically restrained. There were four cases found in 2013.

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Gold robbers left South Kalimantan

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 06:23 PM PDT

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: South Kalimantan Regional Police Chief Brigjen Machfud Arifin say robbers that rob Arrafah gold shop at Kalindo Market that left two people dead and three others critically allegedly had fled the area, Antaranews reported.

"The robbers have not been caught estimated out of South Kalimantan," said Police Chief in Banjarmasin on Tuesday.

Nevertheless, Machfud convincing, police will not give up and will continue to hunt wherever the robbers fled or hid.

"We asked for the time, we attempt to catch all of them," he said.

Currently, Machfud said, two robbers gang members were arrested, and continued questioning. In fact, he himself was involved in the examination of the two actors who had battered beaten by the masses.

Both actors said they were preparing an armed robbery this very, very well planned and neat, even for cars vehicles, they bring their own from the island of Java.

In addition, the gangs, also buy motor vehicles here to support the smooth running of their operations.

One of the cars allegedly belonging to the robbers and a motorcycle, he said, has now been secured in Banjarmasin Police, as evidence.

"In addition, we also secured a gun, some shell casings, and CCTV of the incident," he said.

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