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Body of Elderly Man with Burns Found
Police carrying the body of the man out from the bushes.
August 24th, 2016 | 07:46 AM | 1627 views
SANDAKAN, SABAH
A 68-year-old man with burns all over his body was found dead in bushes at Jalan Buli Sim-Sim here yesterday.
A taxi driver stumbled on the body of the unidentified man around 1.45pm when answering the call of nature near the bush area. He then called the police.
District police chief ACP Zabidi Md Zain said the victim was from Taman Grandview.
A police team rushed to scene around 2pm and found the man lying with burns all over his body.
The body was later sent to the Duchess of Kent Hospital for a post-mortem.
Police are still investigating the case which has been classified as sudden death.
Members of the public who have information of the case were advised to contact investigating officer ASP Jinggo AK Punan at 016-8383824.
Source:
courtesy of THE BORNEO POST
by The Borneo Post
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