Man electrocuted at Labuan squatter settlement
Published on: Thursday, January 14, 2021
By: Bernama
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Credit: The Star.
LABUAN: A 26-year-old man was electrocuted near a wooden bridge at the water squatter settlement of Saguking, here, late Tuesday night.The deceased, a Malaysian permanent resident, was found by a villager passing through the bridge around 11pm and immediately alerted the police.
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Acting Labuan Police Chief DSP Mohd Ibrahim Mohd Ghani said police could not rule out any criminal element in his death as the investigation was still ongoing.
“We received a report at 2.56am on the discovery of the body.
Upon checking, we found a small bush fire near the scene, and the man was confirmed to have been electrocuted after the autopsy conducted on him,” he said.
Meanwhile, a 36-year-old lorry driver was found dead on his bed on Monday morning, believed to have committed suicide by drinking bleach.
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