Stigma shackles Indonesia's mentally ill

Indonesian rice farmer Usman has kept his 19-year-old son chained in the family's tiny wooden hut for more than a month, reluctant to release the mentally disturbed boy for fear he might wander off and steal neighbors' livestock.

The teenager is one of nearly 20,000 Indonesian victims of mental illness kept in shackles by families and government institutions, an illegal practice President Joko Widodo's administration aims to stamp out by the end of 2017.

"He stole buffaloes and clothes," Usman said as he sat beside his son Deden, in the hut in the district of Serang, on Indonesia's island of Java.