Sabah suicide victim tests positive


Policemen carrying out the body of a suicide victim in Pulau Gaya on April 6. The man was found to be positive for Covid-19 virus.

KOTA KINABALU: The 12 policemen who unwittingly handled a suicide victim’s body have been put on home quarantine after it was discovered that the dead man was infected with Covid-19.

Kota Kinabalu City police chief Asst Comm Habibi Majinji said Monday (April 13) that the policemen handled the 26-year-old man’s body which was found in a jungle area at Pulau Gaya on April 6.

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