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Do You Want To Be A Policeman, Or Do You Want To Be "Big"?

By John Mesirow

So you've always wanted to be a police officer. And, you've always wanted to be a little, um, bigger. Turns out you can't satisfy both of your wants, at least if you live in Papua, Indonesia. Why not? As reported in the Jakarta Globe:

An applicant "will be asked whether or not his vital organ has been enlarged," said Papua police chief Bekto Suprapto, quoted on local website Kompas.com."If he has, he will be considered unfit to join the police or the military."

What's the big deal? (sorry!)

The ban was applied since the unnatural size causes "hindrance during training," said police spokesman Zainuri Lubis in Jakarta, quoted by news portal Detik.com.

Of course, a hindrance! And, just in case you're curious ...

Papuans use a local technique to achieve the enlargement, according to a sexologist ... wrapping the penis with leaves from the "gatal-gatal" (itchy) tree so that it swells up "like it has been stung by a bee."

Hmm. Now it's starting to sound like a hindrance ...

Full post as published by Legal Juice on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).