A woman cut off her husband's penis in a jealous rage because he had been paying more attention to his other wife, Malaysian media reported Tuesday.

The unnamed couple, both Indonesians, were staying at a residence for construction workers in Pulai in southern Johor state when the incident happened on Saturday, Malaysian police said, according to The Star.

The husband, 43, was about to fall asleep next to his 48-year-old wife when she took out a knife and attacked him while shouting insults and accusations at him, the paper said.

He was rushed to hospital by other workers living at the residence who were woken by his loud screams.

Abdul Aziz Ahmad, district police chief, said doctors were able to re-attach the organ. The wife has been arrested, he added.