A mother confessed to police she had drowned her 7-year-old son because she thought his penis was too small, media reports said Thursday.
Retno Purwanti, 38, told police she tied the boy's hands and feet and drowned him Tuesday in a bathtub in their Jakarta house, the Kompas.com news website reported.
She then went to the police to confess, telling officers, "A boy had rather be dead than have no penis," the report said. The boy had been circumcised in December.
"According to her husband, there were no other problems except that she thought their son's penis was too small," East Jakarta police chief Mulyadi Kaharni was quoted as saying.
Police said the woman would undergo a psychiatric examination.