Freeing Indonesia's mentally ill from their chains

Al Jazeera English 2012-05-17

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More than 25 thousand mentally ill Indonesians live in chains for years. Families have never had state help to take care of their relatives, but the government has promised to change that.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from West Java.

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