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His waist was sore and chafed, ringed with bruises from a chain that kept him trapped in a dilapidated shack where he ate and slept in his own waste for three years.
Mr Asep's captivity finally came to an end last year when health workers on house visits in Banjarsari village, West Java, discovered his plight.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 05, 2018, with the headline 'Indonesia acts to end practice of shackling the mentally ill'. Print Edition | Subscribe Topics:- INDONESIA
- MENTAL HEALTH
- SHACKLING
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