{"id":23541,"date":"2024-04-10T12:28:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=23541"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:28:23","slug":"man-commits-suicide-over-unpaid-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/man-commits-suicide-over-unpaid-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Man commits suicide over unpaid debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bida Elly David<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A 35-year-old man reportedly committed suicide in Minkaman town of Lakes State, for being unable to clear a lender&#8217;s sum of three million South Sudanese pounds, which he borrowed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lakes State police spokesperson, Major Elijah Mabor Makuac, who confirmed the incident to the No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday, said the deceased hanged himself early this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received the information from the ground that the man, (name withheld), committed suicide in his house at Minkaman by hanging himself to death,\u201d Maj. Mabor told this outlet via phone from Rumbek.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police spokesman, consultation with the deceased\u2019s wife revealed that the deceased initially paid one million South Sudanese pounds as part of the loan but could not manage to complete the rest of the debt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to his wife, all these days he was talking about the demand of money from him by lenders; it was three million; he paid one million, then two million remaining,\u201d Makuac narrated the events.<\/p>\n<p>However, it remains unclear whether the exact cause of the suicide was due to pressure from the lenders that forced him to the brink and took his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the wife said was that, due to the hard time the late was facing, she was chased alongside the children after a short quarrel, and the lady went; he closed himself inside and hanged himself,\u201d Makuac stated narratives of preliminary findings.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he underscored that the situation would not have intensified if the husband had never expelled his wife from the house, saying it was a final decision taken.<\/p>\n<p>He underlined that the police won\u2019t carry out further investigation now since the family of the late is still in mourning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are still in funeral rites, so we cannot do anything; an investigation will commence after the last funeral rites,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo get more information about the incident, we have the name of the owner of the money, but we can\u2019t disclose it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bida Elly David &nbsp; A 35-year-old man reportedly committed suicide in Minkaman town of Lakes State, for being unable to clear a lender&#8217;s sum of three million South Sudanese pounds, which he borrowed. 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