Python slithers into student hostel in Melaka


ALOR GAJAH: A group of students staying at a college's hostel here were startled when a python slithered into their hostel and hid underneath a study table.

Alor Gajah Civil Defence Force (APM) operation, natural disaster and logistics officer Leftenan (PA) Abdul Hadi Baharom said the one-metre long python was discovered by a student who was preparing to attend a lecture at the college in Lendu here at 9am on Monday (Oct 23).

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