Debts and high living cost too much for family


PERLIS: Three members of a family allegedly took their own lives be­­cause they were in debt and could not cope with the high cost of living.

According to police reports, the bodies of a 66-year-old man, his 64-year-old wife and their 35-year-old daughter were found floating in the Kampung Belat Batu river in Arau, Perlis.

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Courts & Crime , poverty , suicide

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