Alviss Kong,22 decided to take his life after his girlfriend of 4 months left him.He posted a farewell status on his Facebook page together with teary photo of himself. The status at 11.15 pm is "Count Down For 45 Mins...What should i do in this 45 mins? Up to 204 Facebook friends "liked' his suicidal status post , but no one stopped him or alerted his family on his suicidal intentions.
His sister Chelvin Kong tried to talk to him but Alviss assured her that he was joking.A hours later his body was found on a car, fallen from the 14th floor of his apartment building in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
This shows the significant of friends or community in Facebook. Most of them are not real friends. real friends will understand and really know whether he serious or joking.
The psychology student says studies show that are estimated 12-20% of suicides are accompanied by note and people write it to ease their pain, not as a cry for help.
Paul Jambunathan, consultant clinical of Monash University Malaysia says that no one can be blamed for his death except himself. He killed himself because he was depressed and become helpless.
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