Father-of-one found hanged

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Police personnel keeping watch over the body pending the arrival of medical personnel.

Police personnel keeping watch over the body pending the arrival of medical personnel.

KUCHING: A man was found hanged inside a room at his parents’ house in Kampung Semariang Batu here on Friday night.

The28-year-old, who was the father of a child,  was discovered by his mother around 7pm after she decided to check on him.

Family members immediately took him down and rushed him to a private hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Police were subsequently notified of the incident and arrived to transport the body to Sarawak General Hospital for a post mortem.

When met, the father of the deceased said his son had been suffering from stress as a result of personal problems, but declined to elaborate.

Police have classified the case as sudden death, pending the outcome of the post mortem.

In an unrelated incident, the body of a vagrant was found beneath the Satok Bridge here yesterday morning.

Members of the public came across the man at 11.15am and immediately contacted police after realising that he was not breathing.

No personal identification was found on the man, believed to be a local in his 50s.

Several members of the public claimed that he frequently slept under the bridge at night and could be spotted wandering around the city during the day.