Man electrocuted while plucking 'black olives' in Kanowit


SIBU: A 52-year-old man was electrocuted when he used an aluminium pole to pluck dabai fruit (known locally as 'black olives') in Jalan Lukut, Kanowit on Friday (Sept 10).

The victim, identified as Ting Siew Kiong, died after the aluminium pole touched a power cable near a tree.

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