Man electrocuted after handling live wires in Sabah


Medical officials getting the victim to the hospital for post mortem after he was believed electrocuted.

KOTA KINABALU: A man was found electrocuted near his Kampung Numbak house near here on Tuesday (April 12) morning.

The 37-year-old local was found unconscious at around 7am near his house at Jalan Yayasan Tebagu, and it is believed that the man was killed while handling live wires.

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