SUDDENLY Sumanto stood up straight, raised his hand in salute, and shouted loudly: "Yessssss, sir!" The crowd—police officers, journalists and hospital staff—watching the scene couldn't help but break into laughter. On Wednesday last week, the "cannibal from Purbalingga" alternately grinned and grimaced as he was led back to his ward following a medical examination at the general hospital in Bayumas, Central Java.

Sumanto shocked