USM student dies in eight-storey fall while attempting to retrieve clothes


GEORGE TOWN: Police have confirmed that a student from the School of Education Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), here, was found dead after he was believed to have fallen from the eighth floor of Desa Siswa Tekun two days ago, and there was no element of crime.

North East District police chief, ACP Soffian Santong said the 22-year-old student had slipped before he fell while trying to retrieve his clothes which had dropped from the clothes line on the eighth floor.

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