Woman leaps to death from 6th floor carpark

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Police carrying the victim’s body into a police truck.

The victim’s body was found on the pavement of a sidewalk at Centre Point Shopping Complex on Thursday night.

Hasrina

KOTA KINABALU: A woman leapt to her death from a shopping complex here just hours after she allegedly put up a ‘suicide note’ on her Facebook account.

The body of Hasrina Chee, 21 from Kampung Sumbiling, Bongawan, was found with severe head and body injuries on a sidewalk after she jumped to her death from a six-storey building car park at Centre Point Shopping Complex, here around 11.30pm on Thursday.

It was said that the victim jumped to her death due to a failed relationship.

According to an eyewitness, who only wanted to be identified as Najib, 20, said he was shocked when he saw the victim jump from the sixth floor car park of the shopping complex.

“I saw her jump from the building and land on the pavement of the sidewalk.

“I immediately stopped my car to see what happened and saw a woman lying lifelessly in a pool of blood on the pavement.

“I’m still shaken by what had just happened as this is the first time I witnessed such an incident,” he said when met at the scene on Thursday night.

Najib said that several security guards immediately ran out from the shopping complex to see what happened and called the police.

Meanwhile, City police chief ACP Jauteh Dikun said police have dismissed any foul play involved in the incident and have classified the case as suicide.

“She died instantly due to severe head and body injuries.

“The victim’s body has also been taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a post-mortem,” he said in a press conference at the city police headquarters in Karamunsing here yesterday.

Commenting on whether the victim had a failed relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Jauteh said police are still investigating the case from all angles.

“Actually, the ex-boyfriend, in his 20s, had lodged a police report several days ago, claiming that the victim had threatened to take her own life after their relationship did not work out.

“The ex-boyfriend also stated in his police report that their relationship is over and that he has no other connection with the victim anymore,” said Jauteh, adding that police have taken down statements from the ex-boyfriend, family and friends of the victim to assist in their investigation.

Asked if the victim had allegedly posted a ‘suicide note’ on her Facebook account prior to her death, Jauteh said police are still verifying the case.

“It is still too early to tell who wrote the statement in the victim’s Facebook.

“The public are urged not to make any assumptions or to write any negative comments in social media as it will only make matters worse for the victim’s family and friends,” he said.