Alleged Peeping Tom kills accuser

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SANDAKAN: A 20-year-old factory worker here was killed on Wednesday after she accused her co-worker of peeping at her while she was bathing a few days earlier.

The victim, identified as Rizma Johan, was said to have accused the 30-year-old suspect of peeping at her bathing a few days before the incident.

The man was said to have used a metal rod to hit the head of the woman while she was on her way home from work at around 5.30pm.

Sandakan deputy district police chief Supt Fadzil Mohd Ali said yesterday the victim was pronounced dead when her employer sent her to the hospital.

“The suspect surrendered himself to police about an hour after the incident,” he said, adding that police have seized a two-foot long metal rod believed to be the murder weapon.