Cannibal says he has changed but the neighbours are not convinced
Indonesian cannibal Sumanto says he has sworn off human flesh - but that is little comfort to his former neighbours.
In many countries, the 37-year-old farmer from Palumutan village would be receiving specialised psychiatric care in a secure facility. Not in Indonesia. Here, he spent five years behind bars in a regular prison for theft of a body and causing distress to the community, and was released straight back into his remote village in rural Central Java with no follow-up care.
Mr Sumanto admitted that he dug up an old woman's body for a cheap and "tasty" meal. "She was delicious," he said from his room at a private Muslim mental-rehabilitation centre. "I love meat ... all types of meat as long as it's cooked. But I don't eat people any more. Now I eat spinach."
His next-door neighbour Ngadiah, 43, said she would never forget the stench of death from his home. "Sumanto? That corpse-eater. He was a bad-tempered man who often stole our rice and chickens," she said. "There'll be chaos if he ever comes back. I don't want him to kill me and have me for dinner."
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