KOTA KINABALU: Two contract labourers died after being electrocuted while carrying out work to install fibre-optic cables in Sabah’s northern Kota Marudu district.
The victims identified as Abi’rafhdi Affendy, 20, and Khomeni Maulana, 32, were believed to have come in contact with a live electricity wire during the incident off Jalan Marak Parak on Tuesday (Feb 6).
Kota Marudu police chief Supt Zairolnizal Ishak said the duo were part of an eight-man team that was carrying a pole to be erected and subsequently to allow the installation of fibre-optic cables belonging to a telecommunications company at 7.30am.
He said there was however an exposed live wire near the site earmarked to put up the pole.
"The pole had touched the wire but some of the workers managed to pull away their hands just in time, although they still suffered burns," he said, when contacted on Friday (Feb 9).
He said, however, the two victims were later confirmed to have died due to coming in contact with high voltage electricity.
"The public rushed the duo to the Kota Marudu Hospital but a doctor confirmed they had died before arrival at the hospital," said Supt Zairolnizal.
He added the victims worked for a company in Penampang, near Kota Kinabalu.
There were no visible signs on the bodies to suggest any foul play in the case which has been classified as sudden death, he said.
