Suicide takes lives of 873 year-to-date in Cambodia

A bunch of flowers and shoes left behind by a woman who committed suicide due to mental illness from the Chroy Changvar Bridge in 2020. - FB

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Nearly 900 people have committed suicide in Cambodia so far this year, with the most common influencing factors being debt, depression, failed relationships, chronic illness or psychosis due to the effects of alcohol and drugs, according to a new report by the National Police.

The report said the leading methods of suicide were hanging, poison, jumping from tall buildings and bridges, self-immolation and firearms.