Farmer suspected of raping step-granddaughter commits suicide


MIRI: A 54-year-old farmer wanted for allegedly raping his 14-year-old step-granddaughter died in a hospital apparently of suicide.

The man died at Sri Aman Hospital at about 5am Friday after he was found in a semi-conscious state in a hut in his padi field.

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