Senior citizen killed due to injuries from machete in gardening accident

By RSN MURALI

MELAKA: A 64-year-old man succumbed to injuries after he fell from a jackfruit tree at his home in Kampung Paya Rumput here.

Yap Ah Keo had climbed the tree by using a ladder to trim the branches with a machete at about 11am on Thursday (Sept 29).

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